郭

enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くるわ

Nanori (名乗り)

ひろ

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1670

Vocabulary

カク

Word	Reading	Meaning
外郭団体	ガイカクダンタイ	auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization
輪郭	リンカク	contour; outline; silhouette; summary; outline; sketch; looks; features
外郭	ガイカク	outer fence; outer enclosure; outer block; outline; contour
城郭	ジョウカク	castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
遊郭	ユウカク	(licensed) red light district

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一郭	いっかく	one block; enclosure
郭公	かっこう	common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
郭公	カッコウ	common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
郭公	カッコー	common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
郭公	ホトトギス	lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch

cram school, private school

mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill

drum, beat, rouse, muster

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

mail, stagecoach stop

pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name

outskirts, suburbs, rural area

county, district

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine