区

ward, district

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

オウクコウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:4

JLPT:N2

Frequency:137

Vocabulary

ク

Word	Reading	Meaning
管区	カンク	jurisdiction
区域	クイキ	area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits; boundary
区間	クカン	section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
区議	クギ	ward assemblyman
区長	クチョウ	head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
学区	がっく	school district; school area
区	く	ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
区切り	くぎり	pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)
区切る	くぎる	to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words
区々	まちまち	various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth

tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid

doctor, medicine

unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster

hinge, pivot, door, center of things

decay, rot, remain in seclusion

assault, hit, beat, thrash