Jisho

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9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
outskirts, suburbs, rural area
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郊外 【コウガイ】 suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
  • 郊外化 【コウガイカ】 suburbanization
  • 南郊 【ナンコウ】 southern suburbs
  • 北郊 【ホッコウ】 northern suburbs

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • afueras
  • suburbios
  • área rural

Portuguese

  • periferia
  • subúrbios
  • área rural

French

  • périphérie
  • banlieue
  • zone rurale
1254 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4761 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1030 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
968 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
888 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
817 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
836 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
503 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
756 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1638 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1861 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39392 Morohashi
1286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6137 New Nelson (John Haig)
1844 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1987 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1299 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2d6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
0742.7 Four corner code
1-25-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ca Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
ward, district
On:
オウコウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 区 【ク】 ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
  • 区域 【クイキ】 area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
  • 学区 【ガック】 school district, school area
  • 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1, ou1
Korean:
gu, u

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • sección

Portuguese

  • waº
  • distrito

French

  • circonscription
  • arrondissement
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
282 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
465 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
131 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3681 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1879 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1712 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2674 Morohashi
2963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.4 Four corner code
1-22-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
533a Unicode hex code