区 — kanji meaning “ward”
区
ward, district
- Meanings
- ward, district
- On'yomi
- ク (ku)、オウ (ou)、コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #137 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 23
- Chinese reading
- qū, ōu — Chinese character page
Words with 区
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 区別 | くべつ kubetsu | distinction; differentiation; discrimination |
| 区域 | くいき kuiki | area; zone; district |
| 地区 | ちく chiku | district; area; zone |
| 区分 | くぶん kubun | division; section; demarcation |
| 区間 | くかん kukan | section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension |
| 区画 | くかく kukaku | division; section; compartment |
| 区役所 | くやくしょ kuyakusho | ward office; council (regional) |
| 区内 | くない kunai | in a ward; within the ward |
| 区切り | くぎり kugiri | pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation |
| 区長 | くちょう kuchou | head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward |
| 区民 | くみん kumin | ward residents |
| 区立 | くりつ kuritsu | established by a ward; ward; municipal |
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