Kanji Detail for 區 - "divide, district, boundary, measure, ward"

區

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
區 means "divide, district, boundary, measure, ward."
1. Divide - To partition; to separate.
2. District - A demarcated area.
3. Boundary - A border; a limit.
4. Measure - An ancient unit of capacity.
5. Ward - An administrative division.
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; surname

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Ou

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

area, district, region, ward; surname

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Like a category. Such as 區別, meaning to classify and distinguish. | A domain. Land divided into bounded areas is all called 區. Also, one building is called 一區. | 區區: Small. (Zuo Zhuan) "This small thing and you won't give it to me." Now colloquially referring to oneself as 區區 is a humble way of saying lowly. | An ancient measure name. Four sheng is one 豆. Four 豆 is one 區. See (Zuo Zhuan). | A surname.
Onyomi

koh(こう)

ku(く)

oh(おう)
Kunyomi

shiki.ru(しきる)

wa.keru(わける)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

匸 (kakushigamae)
Related Keywords
divide partition separate district demarcated area boundary border limit measure unit capacity ward administrative division