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郊: outskirts, suburbs

Also: rural area

JLPT N29 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻏ carries the meaning · 交 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 郊外こうがいsuburb, outskirts
  • 近郊きんこうsuburbs, outskirts, neighboring
  • 北郊ほっこうnorthern suburbs
  • 南郊なんこうsouthern suburbs

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Welcome to the village! This "big town" radical brings the feeling of community, borders, and organized civilization to a kanji.”
More in the ⻏ village story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
交

Also built on mingle (交)

郊 takes the 交 family's reading, コウ (kou).

⻏

Also built on village (⻏)

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Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
郊 outskirts · ⻏
vs効 merit · 力
郊 has ⻏ where 効 has 力.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiāo

Same form: 郊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
郊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
郊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jiāo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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