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Kanji Detail for 区 - "district, ward"

区

  • Meaning

    区 means "district, ward." Also associated with divide.

    1. District - A defined area; a section.

    2. Divide - To separate into parts.

    3. Ward - An administrative division.

  • Words using 区

    • 地区 ちく Listen district; area; zone
    • 小選挙区 しょうせんきょく Listen small electoral district; single-member constituency
    • 区内 くない Listen in a ward; within the ward; within the zone
    • 区域 くいき Listen area; zone; district
    • 区間 くかん Listen section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension
    • 区長 くちょう Listen head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
    • 区立 くりつ Listen established by a ward; ward; municipal
    • 区別 くべつ Listen distinction; differentiation; discrimination

  • Tattoo check: 区

    • Verified meaning: district, ward
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くう, さかい)
    • Also carries these associations: divide

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 区

    Surnames 区(くう)Listen 区(さかい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ward; district

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    area, district, region, ward

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ou

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    area, district, region, ward; surname

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    ku(ク) ク

    oh(オウ) オウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    匚 (hakogamae)匸 (kakushigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    district divide ward boundary division small part unit of measurement administrative area block borough canton community enclave locality municipality neighborhood parish precinct quarter region section sector separate zone

Sentences including 区

  • Animals cannot distinguish right from wrong.

  • I couldn't tell her from sister.

  • He has no sense of right and wrong.

  • He can't tell right from wrong.

  • He can not distinguish between right and wrong.

  • I never can tell bill from his brother.

  • I never can tell bill from his brother.

  • They are so much alike that i don't know which is which.

  • He cannot tell right from wrong.

  • Even a child knows right from wrong.

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