郊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 城市の外郭。
  2. 冬に天に、夏に地に祈る祭りの一つ。
  3. 「墝」の通字。不毛な土地。
  4. 「洨」の同字。古代の地名の一つ。
  5. 「狡」の通字。狡賢い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「邑」+音符「交」。「いなか」「都の外」を意味する漢語{郊}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

outskirts, suburbs, rural area

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音jiao1
  • 한글gyo
  • Hán-ViệtGiao

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
邑(おおざと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+90CA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰交阝

Words using this kanji

  • 郊外こうがい都市の外郭部に位置する、都市的要素と農山村的要素が混在する地域。suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
  • 郊野こうのsuburban fields
  • 郊外化こうがいかsuburbanization
  • 郊外電車こうがいでんしゃsuburban train
  • 郊外生活こうがいせいかつsuburban life, life in the suburbs
  • 郊外居住者こうがいきょじゅうしゃsuburbanite, suburban resident

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(17 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-3
Four Corner
0742.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d6.8
Heisig
1987
Nelson
4761