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郊 = 交 + ⻏

郊 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “outskirts”. It is built from 交 (mingle) and ⻏ (walls). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1987.

Keyword
outskirts
RTK frame
1987
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
окраина
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
郊 suburbs

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 交 mingle
  2. ⻏ walls

Alternative decomposition

  1. 交 mingle
  2. 阝 pinnacle

How to find 郊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mingle” + “walls”. 郊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 郊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.