Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: ward, district

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: オウ コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はこがまえ

Meaning: hiding enclosure

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(く)   ward, district, section

東京都23(とうきょうと23く)   Tokyo metro area, 23 wards

域(くいき)   limits, boundary, domain, zone

間(くかん)   section

立(くりつ)   ward run, ward operated

役所(くやくしょ)   ward office, council

(ちく)   district, section, sector

(がっく)   school district

選挙(せんきょく)   electoral district, precinct

新宿(しんじゅくく)   Shinjuku ward

別する(くべつする)   distinguish, differentiate

切る(くぎる)   punctuate, cut off, mark off

Onyomi Examples

ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)

クイキ limits, boundary, domain, zone, sphere, territory, area (e.g. in programming languages)

ガック school district, school area

コウク mining area, mine lot