区

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See also: 區, 凶, and 𠄡
区 U+533A, 区
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533A
← 匹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 医 →

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes
Japanese 区
Simplified 区
Traditional 區

Glyph origin

Simplified from 區 (品 → 乂)

Han character

区 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK), four-corner 71714, composition ⿷匚㐅(GJK) or ⿷匸㐅(T))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 154, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2674
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+533A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 区 – see 區 (“area; district; region; ward; administrative division; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 區).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

区

Kyūjitai

區

Kanji

区

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 區)

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)、う (u)
  • Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō)、おう (ō)
  • Kun: まち (machi, 区)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
区
く
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
區 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

区(く) • (ku) 

  1. ward, section, district

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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