区 qū area
area; district; zone
How to remember 区: 匚 container + 㐅 cross mark = area. The gardener sets a container of seeds by the path, scratches a cross mark in the soil and plants one tidy area of the park.
Component breakdown
区 = 匚 container + 㐅 cross mark
- 匚 container
- 㐅 cross mark
The gardener sets a container of seeds by the path, scratches a cross mark in the soil and plants one tidy area of the park.
How it came to be
A box with several small pots set inside it, each in its own place. Sorting things into compartments is the old sense, and a district is a patch of country sorted the same way.
How it is used
- Means "district/zone/area" - a classifier-like noun element. 小区 (xiǎoqū) residential compound, 地区 (dìqū) region, 区域 (qūyù) zone.
- 市区/郊区 (shìqū/jiāoqū) = urban core vs suburbs, the standard city split. 景区 (jǐngqū) scenic area, 景点 (jǐngdiǎn) a single spot.
- 区别 (qūbié) = difference/distinction: A和B有什么区别 (A hé B yǒu shénme qūbié) what's the difference between A and B. As a surname it reads Ōu.
Characters built with 区
Words with 区
- 小区xiǎoqūhousing estateHSK 3
- 区别qūbiédifferenceHSK 4
- 郊区jiāoqūsuburbsHSK 4
- 市区shìqūurban districtHSK 4
- 景区jǐngqūscenic areaHSK 4
- 区域qūyùareaHSK 5
- 地区dìqūregionHSK 5
- 城区chéngqūurban districtHSK 5
- 山区shānqūmountain areaHSK 5
- 社区shèqūcommunityHSK 5
- 区分qūfēnto differentiateHSK 6
- 灾区zāiqūdisaster areaHSK 6
- 区区qūqūinsignificantHSK 7
- 区间qūjiāndelimited areaHSK 7
- 园区yuánqūsite developed for a group of related enterprisesHSK 7
- 开发区kāifāqūdevelopment zoneHSK 7
- 禁区jìnqūrestricted areaHSK 7
- 误区wùqūmistaken ideasHSK 7
- 自治区zìzhìqūautonomous region - a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minoritiesHSK 9
- 辖区xiáqūadministrative regionHSK 9
Example sentences
- 不同的颜色一眼就能区别出来。 Bùtóng de yánsè yīyǎn jiù néng qūbié chūlái.You can differentiate between different colors with one glance.
- 我在城市上班，但是住在郊区。 Wǒ zài chéngshì shàngbān, dànshì zhùzài jiāoqū.I work in the city, but live in the suburbs.