# 区 — District

Frequency rank 429 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 省 (Conserve), less common than 衛 (Defense).

- On’yomi: く
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 匸 Hiding Enclosure (Kangxi 23)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 4

A cage (匸) holds a treasure (丶メ) — the district is a caged-off section of the city where valuable things are kept.

In words:

- 区 く — ward;district;section
- 区々 まちまち — 1.  several;various;divergent;conflicting;different;diverse; 2.  trivial
- 区別 くべつ — distinction,differentiation,classification

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