区
ward, district
Readings
On'yomi
- ク
- オウ
- コウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
区 centers on a bounded area or division: a ward, district, or section set apart from others.
Most common words using 区
21 of 266- 区くN1
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)
- 地区ちくN3
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
- 区別くべつN3
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
- 区域くいきN2
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits; boundary
- 区分くぶんN2
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; compartment; (traffic) lane
- 区画くかくN1
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot; partition; boundary
- 区間くかんN1
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension
- 区内くない
in a ward; within the ward
- 区切りくぎりN1
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation
- 区民くみん
ward residents
- 区切るくぎるN3
to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off
- 区長くちょう
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
- 区役所くやくしょN1
ward office; council (regional)
- 学区がっく
school district; school area
- 管区かんく
jurisdiction
- 区立くりつ
established by a ward; ward; municipal
- 小選挙区しょうせんきょく
small electoral district; single-member constituency
- 管区気象台かんくきしょうだい
district meteorological observatory
- 区議くぎ
ward assemblyman
- 特別区とくべつく
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly
- 鉱区こうく
mining area; mine lot
Study
Etymology
区 combines 匚 (a container or enclosure) with 㐅, which likely represents a dividing mark. Together they suggest a partitioned area or section.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer 匚 is like a box or boundary, and the inner 㐅 looks like a dividing mark. Picture a city map with a box drawn around one ward, marked with an X to show the district.
Reading mnemonic
For ク, imagine a cool district in the city where everyone goes to hang out: cool -> ク, and the ward is the coolest part of town.