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Kanji Information Sheet for 区 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 匚 (はこがまえ) – sideways box
Henshall Mnemonic: enclosed section x is a ward
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #137 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #137 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 地区 [ちく]
(n) district; section; sector [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区別 [くべつ]
(n,vs) distinction; differentiation; classification [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 区域 [くいき]
(n) limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区切る [くぎる]
(v5r,vt) to punctuate; to cut off; to mark off; to stop; to put an end to [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区分 [くぶん]
(n) division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 区 [く]
(n) ward; district; section [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区々 [まちまち]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse; (2) trivial [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区画 [くかく]
(n) division; section; compartment; boundary; area; block [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区間 [くかん]
(n,n-suf) section (of track, etc) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区切り [くぎり]
(n) an end; a stop; punctuation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 管区 [かんく]
(n) jurisdiction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小選挙区 [しょうせんきょく]
(n) small electoral district; single-member constituency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管区気象台 [かんくきしょうだい]
district meteorological observatory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学区 [がっく]
(n) school district (area) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 特別区 [とくべつく]
(n) special ward [K] [D] [Jisho] - 鉱区 [こうく]
(n) mining area; mine lot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区議 [くぎ]
(n) ward assemblyman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区長 [くちょう]
(n) ward headman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区内 [くない]
(n) in the ward or borough [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区民 [くみん]
(n) ward residents [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区役所 [くやくしょ]
(n) ward office; council (regional) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 区立 [くりつ]
(adj-no,n) established by the ward [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.