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Kanji Detail for 郭 - "pleasure quarter, outline"

郭

  • Meaning

    郭 means "pleasure quarter, outline." Also associated with wall.

    1. Wall - Outer wall; walls surrounding cities or castles.

    2. Outline - The outer edge of things. Example

    3. Pleasure quarter - Red-light district; entertainment district.

  • Words using 郭

    • 外郭団体 がいかくだんたい Listen auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization

  • Tattoo check: 郭

    • Verified meaning: pleasure quarter, outline
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かく, がく, くおく, こうり)
    • Also carries these associations: wall

    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 郭

    Given names 郭(かく)Listen

    Surnames 郭(がく)Listen 郭(くおく)Listen 郭(こうり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    enclosure; quarters; fortification; red-light district

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    outer part (of a city); surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Guo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    city limits; surname

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

    The outer city wall. The Mencius says: "A city of three li; an outer wall of seven li." | State name. The younger brother of King Wen of Zhou was enfeoffed at Guo. He was also called Duke Guo.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

  • Kunyomi

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    kuruwa(くるわ) くるわ

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    wall outline pleasure quarter outskirts barrier border boundary enclosure exterior fence fortress outer perimeter periphery

Sentences including 郭

  • The mountain was blurred by fog.

  • He sketches the outline of the machine.

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