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区

ward
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingク、オウ、コウ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. wardRtK
  2. district
  1. borough
  2. city (in Tokyo)
  3. district (e.g. electoral)

Popular Usage

区別区域区分区切る区画区間区切り

Radicals and components

Radical匸hiding enclosure
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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box (口) · sheaf

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1831

Compound words

区別くべつ
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
区域くいき
area; zone; district; quarter; section
区分くぶん
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation
区切るくぎる
to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit
区別するくべつする
to distinguish; to differentiate
区間くかん
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
区画くかく
division; section; compartment; block; plot
区切りくぎり
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
学区がっく
school district; school area
管区かんく
jurisdiction
区議くぎ
ward assemblyman
区長くちょう
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
区内くない
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
区民くみん
ward residents
地区ちく
district; area; zone; quarter; section
区立くりつ
established by a ward; ward; municipal
鉱区こうく
mining area; mine lot
区役所くやくしょ
ward office; council (regional)
特別区とくべつく
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (in China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); special district (of a nation with a federal structure)
小選挙区しょうせんきょく
small electoral district; single-member constituency
管区気象台かんくきしょうだい
district meteorological observatory
一区いっく
district
街区がいく
block (of land)
教区きょうく
parish

On Reading Examples

我が家の大きな土地を子供たちのために公平に区分する。くぶん
We will divide the large area of family land equally between our children.tatoeba
土地は８つに区分された。くぶん
The land was divided into 8 lots.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は善悪を区別出来ないほど馬鹿ではない。
He is not so stupid as to be unable to tell right from wrong.tatoeba
彼は善悪の区別が付かない。
He can't tell right from wrong.tatoeba
彼は善悪の区別がない。
He cannot tell right from wrong.tatoeba
彼は善悪の区別がつけられないのだ。
He can't distinguish vice from virtue.tatoeba
眺望空間保全区域
Vistaed View Preservation Zonewiki
区域はすべて平地。
It is entirely a flatland.wiki
市域は南北に長く、京都府を南北に区切るような形をしている。
The city area stretches long in a north-south direction in the shape of severing Kyoto Prefecture north from south.wiki
行政区画としての山陽道
Administrative divisionwiki
行政区画としての東海道
Administrative divisionwiki
鉄道事業者区間：
Railway operator's section :wiki
運行区間・停車駅
Operation section and stopswiki
社会・人生の区切りとして20年が適当である。
20 years can be considered an appropriate period to mark the sections of an individual's life or changes in society.wiki
勤行の際に、経典などの読誦の開始・区切り・終了の合図として打つ。
During a religious service, it is rung to signal a start, pause, and end of a chant, such as Buddhist scripture.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

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