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U+5340, 區
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5340

[U+533F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5341]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 23, +9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸口口口 (SRRR), four-corner 71716, composition (GJKV) or (HT))

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2691
  • Dae Jaweon: page 348, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 87, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5340
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): + – Many people () are inside .

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. area; district; region; ward
    生態涵養生态涵养   shēngtài hányǎng    ecological conservation area
  2. administrative division
  3. to distinguish; to differentiate
  4. residence; dwelling
  5. small house
  6. world; the human world
  7. small; tiny
  8. mediocre; ordinary
Synonyms
  • (area):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (ku)
  • Korean: 구(區) (gu)
  • Vietnamese: khu ()

Others:

  • English: qu
  • Zhuang: gih

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note: au - surname.

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Definitions

  1. (historical) an ancient measuring vessel
  2. (historical) Classifier for the amount measured by one ou.
  3. a surname
Descendants

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. ward
  2. district

Readings

  • Go-on: (u) (ku)
  • Kan-on: おう (ō) (ku)
  • On: きゅう (kyū)きう (kiu, historical)こう ()

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 구역 (guyeok gu))

  1. hanja form? of (area; district; region; ward)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khu, khù, au, âu

Noun

  1. chữ Hán form of khu (district, ward)

Zhuang

Proper noun

  1. Sawndip form of gih

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