area

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

Components
匚 iconic component

  Iconic component

fāng

  

box

Depicts an enclosed area.

品 iconic,simplified component

  Iconic Simplified component

pǐn

  

product

Depicts a group of things.

Evolution

区 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
区 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
区 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

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

() 

surname Ou

Most common words with 区
Freq.
Word
Meaning

area

地区

local

区域

area

社区

community

区别

difference

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 14 characters (1 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 62.8544% of movies

561st most common character in movies

265th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

Unicode

U+533A


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