区 – ward, district

4 strokesTaught in grade 3#137 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 区 means ward, district. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ク、オウ、コウ (ku, ou, kou). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 匸 (no. 23).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ク	ku
On’yomi	オウ	ou
On’yomi	コウ	kou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 匸 (Kangxi radical 23). Components: 匚・丶・ノ.

Words using 区

区くward区別くべつdistinction地区ちくdistrict区域くいきarea区分くぶんdivision区切るくぎるto divide区画くかくdivision区間くかんsection (of track, etc.)区切りくぎりpause (in speech, writing, etc.)

Example sentences

英国の南東区は人口密度が高い。

The South East region of England is densely populated.

Tatoeba #189005

私は彼女と妹を区別できなかった。

I couldn't tell her from her sister.

Tatoeba #153421

あなたはこの地区をよく知っていますか。

Are you familiar with this area?

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Kanji with the same radical

医匹

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