郊 – outskirts, suburbs, rural area

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1304 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 郊 means outskirts, suburbs, rural area. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 邑 (no. 163).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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: 邑 (Kangxi radical 163). Components: 父・邦・亠.

Words using 郊

郊外こうがいsuburb近郊きんこうoutskirts

Example sentences

私は東京の郊外に住んでいる。

I live on the outskirts of Tokyo.

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彼は東京近郊に住んでいる。

He lives in the suburbs of Tokyo.

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Kanji with the same radical

部都邦邸郵郡郷邪那

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