区

See also: 區, 凶, and 𠄡

区	U+533A, 区 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533A

← 匹
[U+5339]

CJK Unified Ideographs

医 →
[U+533B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	区
Simplified	区
Traditional	區

Glyph origin

Simplified from 區 (品 → 乂)

Han character

区 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸大 (SK), four-corner 7171₄, composition ⿷匚㐅(GJK) or ⿷匸㐅(T))

Derived characters

伛, 呕, 妪, 岖, 怄, 抠, 沤, 枢, 眍, 讴, 䝙, 躯, 駆(驱), 欧, 殴, 瓯, 鴎(鸥), 奁

Additional Derived Characters

𫭟, 𫸩, 𨸟, 𬁵, 𬉼, 𥐰, 𫋲, 𮓹, 𧦅, 𮝀, 𬪧, 𭪈, 𰽜, 𱃲, 𠛅, 𪟮, 𰕅, 𰰤, 𬔯, 𮎻

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 154, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2674
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 5
Unihan data for U+533A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 区 – see 區 (“area; district; region; ward; administrative division; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 區).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	区
Kyūjitai	區

Kanji

区

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 區)

Readings

Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)、う (u)
Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō)、おう (ō)
Kun: まち (machi, 区)

Compounds

声(せい)区(く) (seiku): vocal register

Kanji in this term
区
く Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
區 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) く [kúꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟]

Noun

区(く) • (ku)

ward, section, district

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
区
まち Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
區 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まち [máꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

区(まち) • (machi)

the border between the tang and blade of a sword^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “区”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

Vietnamese

Han character

区: Hán Việt readings: khu, âu

Variant of 區, see there for more details.

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[3] “区”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

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