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区画 (くかく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 区画する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 区く 画かく する 区く 画かく しない Polite 区く 画かく します 区く 画かく しません Past polite 区く 画かく しました 区く 画かく しませんでした Past 区く 画かく した 区く 画かく しなかった Te-form 区く 画かく して 区く 画かく しないで Desire 区く 画かく したい 区く 画かく したくない Potential 区く 画かく できる 区く 画かく できない Passive 区く 画かく される 区く 画かく されない Causative 区く 画かく させる 区く 画かく させない Causative passive 区く 画かく させられる 区く 画かく させられない Volitional 区く 画かく しよう Polite volitional 区く 画かく しましょう Imperative 区く 画かく しろ 区く 画かく するな Conditional 区く 画かく すれば 区く 画かく しなければ Tara conditional 区く 画かく したら 区く 画かく しなかったら
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Refers to a demarcated area or unit, such as a city block, a plot of land, a section of a larger space, or a compartment in a container. Also used as a suru-verb meaning to divide or partition an area into sections.
This plot is scheduled to be developed as a residential area.
We use the warehouse divided into several compartments.
They partition the farmland into equal areas.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 区く 画かく する to divide (an area) into sections
The city divided this area into sections for residential use.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 〈 数かず 〉 区く 画かく に 分わ ける to divide a place into a certain number of sections/lots
The farmland was divided into five plots.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 区く 画かく を 整ととの える to lay out/organize the sections of an area
In the new housing development, the roads and lots were neatly laid out.
Related words 区分 emphasizes sorting things into categories or classes, while 区画 emphasizes physically marking off a piece of land or space into sections.
分割 is a general word for splitting anything (money, tasks, time) into parts, while 区画 specifically refers to dividing land or space into demarcated sections.
街区 specifically means a city block bounded by streets, while 区画 is the broader term for any demarcated area, urban or otherwise.
Don't confuse with 区間 refers to a stretch or interval along a route, line, or time period, whereas 区画 refers to a bounded plot or section of land or space.
区画 is the formal, administrative term for a city block or plotted section of land, while ブロック is the casual loanword used in everyday speech for the same idea.
区画 is simply a plot or section of land, while 区画整理 is the whole administrative process of reorganizing such plots.
Word family land readjustment; town planning
cadastral map; plat map; lot map
demarcated fishing; fishing in designated sections
Written forms 区く 画かく Usage 99%
Standard modern spelling. The kanji 画 is a simplified form of 劃.
区く 劃かく Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used traditional form with 劃; may appear in older documents.
區く 劃かく Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kyūjitai form; not used in modern writing.
Etymology Compound of 区 (ku, 'ward, district') and 画 (kaku, 'division, stroke'). The kanji 画 is a simplified form of 劃, which originally meant 'to draw a line' or 'to divide'. The word has been used since at least the early modern period to refer to demarcated sections of land or space.
地ち 区く
N3
地区 refers to a general geographic district or zone, while 区画 refers to a smaller, precisely bounded plot or section within such an area.
ロット and 区画 both refer to a divided piece of land, but 区画 is the native Japanese term used in urban planning while ロット is a borrowed English term common in real-estate listings.
行ぎょう 政せい 区く 画かく
administrative district; administrative division
