郭 — kanji meaning “enclosure”
郭
enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district
- Meanings
- enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district
- On'yomi
- カク (kaku)
- Kun'yomi
- くるわ
- Name readings
- ひろ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1670 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 163
- Chinese reading
- guō — Chinese character page
Words with 郭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 輪郭 | りんかく rinkaku | contour; outline; silhouette |
| 城郭 | じょうかく joukaku | castle; citadel; fortress |
| 外郭 | がいかく gaikaku | outer fence; outer enclosure; outer block |
| 遊郭 | ゆうかく yuukaku | (licensed) red light district |
| 五稜郭 | ごりょうかく goryoukaku | five-sided fortification |
| 胸郭 | きょうかく kyoukaku | chest; thorax |
| 外郭団体 | がいかくだんたい gaikakudantai | auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization |
| 郭公 | かっこう kakkou | common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| 一郭 | いっかく ikkaku | one block; enclosure |
| 輪郭線 | りんかくせん rinkakusen | outline; contour line; border line |
| 囲郭村 | いかくそん ikakuson | walled settlement; walled town |
| 郭言葉 | くるわことば kuruwakotoba | sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.