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Kanji Detail for 郊 - "outskirts"

郊

  • Meaning

    郊 means "outskirts." Also associated with offering, fields.

    1. Outskirts - The edge of the city; suburbs.

    2. Offering - To offer to; to present.

    3. Rural - Countryside.

    4. Fields - Rural fields; open areas.

  • Words using 郊

    • 郊外 こうがい Listen suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
    • 近郊 きんこう Listen outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area

  • Tattoo check: 郊

    • Verified meaning: outskirts
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: offering, fields

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    outskirts; suburbs; rural area

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    suburbs; waste land, open spaces

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jiao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space

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

    Within a hundred li of the capital is called 郊. Today, generally the area outside the city is called 近郊 (suburbs). | A sacrifice name. On the winter solstice, sacrifices to Heaven are made at the southern suburbs. On the summer solstice, sacrifices to Earth are made at the northern suburbs. Therefore sacrificing to Heaven is called 郊天.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    outskirts offering fields rural countryside suburbs periphery edge suburban

Sentences including 郊

  • We live in the suburbs.

  • My house is in the suburbs.

  • Her home is in the suburbs.

  • It being a fine day , i took a walk in the suburbs.

  • Our university is in the suburbs of tokyo.

  • I live on the outskirts of tokyo.

  • He lives in the suburbs of london.

  • My house is on the outskirts of town.

  • He lives in the suburbs of tokyo.

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