郊 jiāo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 交 to connect 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
郊区
jiāoqū
suburb
Characters in this word
区 qū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匸 — box
- Made of
- 匸 box 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我住在郊区。 Wǒ zhù zài jiāoqū. I live in the suburbs.
- 郊区很安静。 Jiāoqū hěn ānjìng. The suburbs are very quiet.
- 他去郊区上班。 Tā qù jiāoqū shàng bān. He goes to work in the suburbs.
Related words
- 地区 dìqū area; region
- 区 qū district; area
- 区别 qūbié difference
- 市区 shìqū downtown area
- 区域 qūyù area; region
- 山区 shānqū mountain area
- 社区 shèqū community; neighborhood
- 灾区 zāiqū disaster area
- 一带 yídài area; region
- 中央 zhōngyāng center; middle
- 所在 suǒzài where something is located
- 之内 zhīnèi within (inside a limit)