Wiktionary

區

See also: 区
區 U+5340, 區
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5340
← 匿
[U+533F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 十 →
[U+5341]

Translingual Edit

Japanese 区
Simplified 区
Traditional 區

Han character Edit

區 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸口口口 (SRRR), four-corner 71716, composition ⿷匚品(GJKV) or ⿷匸品(HT))

Derived characters Edit

Descendants Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 155, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2691
  • Dae Jaweon: page 348, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 87, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5340

Chinese Edit

trad. 區
simp. 区

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 區
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摳 *kʰoː, *kʰo
彄 *kʰoː
剾 *kʰoː, *qoː
謳 *qoː
歐 *qoː, *qoːʔ
區 *qoː, *kʰo
鷗 *qoː
甌 *qoː
漚 *qoː, *qoːs
瞘 *qoː
嘔 *qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙 *qoː
膒 *qoː
蓲 *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧 *qoː, *qas
鏂 *qoː
毆 *qoːʔ
塸 *qoːʔ
貙 *kʰl'o
樞 *kʰjo
驅 *kʰo, *kʰos
軀 *kʰo
嶇 *kʰo
鰸 *kʰo
敺 *kʰo
傴 *qoʔ
嫗 *qos
饇 *qos

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 匸 + 品 – Many people (品) are inside 匸.

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Rime
Character 區
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 豈俱切
Baxter khju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/kʰio/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		heoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 區
Reading # 2/2
No. 10605
Phonetic
component 		區
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		區
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰo/

Definitions Edit

區

  1. area; district; region; ward
    生態涵養區／生态涵养区  ―  shēngtài hányǎng qū  ―  ecological conservation area
  2. administrative division
  3. to distinguish; to differentiate
  4. residence; dwelling
  5. small house
  6. world; the human world
  7. small; tiny
  8. mediocre; ordinary
Synonyms Edit
  • (area):

Compounds Edit

Descendants Edit

Sino-Xenic (區):
  • → Japanese: 区(く) (ku)
  • → Korean: 구(區) (gu)
  • → Vietnamese: khu (區)

Others:

  • → English: qu
  • → Zhuang: gih

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note: au - surname.
Rime
Character 區
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏侯切
Baxter 'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəw/
Li
Rong 		/ʔu/
Wang
Li 		/əu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		au1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 區
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qˁ(r)o/
English (a measure)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 區
Reading # 1/2
No. 10584
Phonetic
component 		區
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		謳
Old
Chinese 		/*qoː/

Definitions Edit

區

  1. (historical) an ancient measuring vessel
  2. (historical) Classifier for the amount measured by one ou.
  3. a surname
Descendants Edit

Compounds Edit

References Edit

Japanese Edit

Shinjitai

区

Kyūjitai

區

Kanji Edit

區

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 区)

  1. ward
  2. district

Readings Edit

Korean Edit

Hanja Edit

區 (eumhun 구역 구 (guyeok gu))

  1. Hanja form? of 구 (“area; district; region; ward”).

Vietnamese Edit

Han character Edit

區: Hán Nôm readings: khu, khù, au, âu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Zhuang Edit

Proper noun Edit

區

  1. Sawndip form of gih
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