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, 𫭟, 妪, 岖, 𫸩, 怄, 抠, 沤, 𨸟, 𱃲, 𬁵, 枢, 𬉼, 眍, 𥐰, 𫋲, 𰽜, 𮓹, 𧦅(讴), 䝙, 躯, 𮝀, 𬪧, 𭪈, 駆(驱)
• 𠛅, 𪟮, 𰕅, 欧, 殴, 瓯, 鴎(鸥), 奁, 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)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

区(く) • (ku) 

1. ward, section, district

Vietnamese

Han character

区: Hán Việt readings: khu, âu

1. Variant of 區, see there for more details.