Chinese Character Wiki
區

qū, oū

area

Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.

Components
匚 iconic component

匚  Iconic component

fāng

  

box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品 iconic component

品  Iconic component

pǐn

  

product

Depicts a group of things.

Evolution

區 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
區 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
區 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
區 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
區 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

区 (區) 

qū

area, district, region, ward; surname; area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[gè]

区 (區) 

Oū

surname Ou

Most common words with 區
Freq.
Word
Meaning

区

area

地区

local

区域

area

社区

community

区别

difference

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

嫗 奩

Sound component in 15 characters (1 verified)

歐 驅 軀 樞 嘔 毆 鷗 嶇 摳 謳 漚 甌 慪 瞘 熰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qˤ(r)o

'uw

ōu

(a measure)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 62.8544% of movies

561st most common character in movies

265th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

区

Unicode

U+5340

Shuowen

“區，踦區，藏匿也。从品在匸中。品，眾也。”


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