区

See also: 區, 凶, and 𠄡

区 U+533A, 区 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533A ← 匹 [U+5339] CJK Unified Ideographs 医 → [U+533B]

Contents

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	区
Simplified	区
Traditional	區

Glyph origin

Simplified from 區 (品 → 乂)

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 欧 殴 駆 (驱) 妪

References

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

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Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	区
Kyūjitai	區

Kanji

区

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 區)

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō); う (u)
• Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō); おう (ō)

Compounds

• 声区 (せいく) (seiku): vocal register

Kanji in this term
区
く Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) く​ [kúꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

区 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 區, hiragana く, rōmaji ku)

1. ward, section, district

References