The kanji 郊: meaning, readings and stroke order

郊

Meaning: suburbs
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 邑 town
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngoại ô (giao)
Japanese: まちのそと。いなかにちかいところ。
Korean: 교외, 도시 변두리 (교)
Chinese: 郊外、郊区

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

郊こう外がい
suburbs, outskirts
郊こう外がいに家を建てます。
They build a house in the suburbs.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.