| 美 | měi | America; beautiful; the Americas; abbr. for 美洲; USA; abbr. for 美国 |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state; national; CL:个; surname Guo |
| 联 | lián | to ally; to unite; to join |
| 合 | gě | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |
| 合 | hé | to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒 |
| 通 | tōng | to go through; to know well; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 讯 | xùn | to question; to ask; to interrogate; rapid; speedy; fast; news; information |
| 社 | shè | society; group; club; agency; god of the soil (old) |
| 美国 | měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 联合通讯社 | Lián hé tōng xùn shè | Yonghap (South Korean news agency) |
