[exmachinan]

What is your point? 94% of Chinese characters are still phonetic. And "guo" (both simplified and traditional) is one of them. Analyzing phonetic elements is pointless, as the interpretation is always post hoc. Only 6% of Chinese characters qualify as pictographs, subject to interpretation.

[maui_hawaii]

Do you know what any one of the following terms mean as related to Chinese language:

Xiang Xing

Zhi Shi

Hui Yi

Xing Sheng

Zhuan Zhu

Jia Jie