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    3. 郭

    郭

    郭くるわ

    enclosure

    N1KMT9Freq #1670Core ConceptsKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    くるわ

    On'yomi

    カク

    Nanori

    ひろ

    enclosurequartersfortificationred-light district

    享⻏

    亠
    口
    子
    ⻏
    邑

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    郊郡淳惇部孰郢郤郡淳惇部孰郢郤鄂郊享郛郷鄙

    Alternative forms of this concept

    ⻏
    阝

    Concepts using this kanji

    外郭団体

    auxiliary organization (organisation)

    輪郭

    contour

    遊郭

    (licensed) red light district

    一郭

    one block

    郭公

    common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

    郭言葉

    sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period)

    城郭都市

    fortified city

    囲郭村

    walled settlement

    負郭

    land near a castle

    外郭環状道路

    outer ring road

    輪郭線

    outline

    輪郭線要素

    trimming curve

    鬼郭公

    Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)

    五稜郭

    five-sided fortification

    胸郭出口症候群

    thoracic outlet syndrome

    胸郭

    chest

    斑冠郭公

    great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

    外郭

    outer fence

    城郭

    castle

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 口
    • 子
    • ⻏
    • 邑

    is_used_in

    • 一郭
    • 郭公
    • 外郭
    • 外郭団体
    • 胸郭
    • 五稜郭
    • 城郭
    • 遊郭
    • 輪郭
    • 輪郭線
    • 囲郭村
    • 郭言葉
    • 鬼郭公
    • 輪郭線要素
    • 城郭都市
    • 負郭
    • 外郭環状道路
    • 斑冠郭公
    • 胸郭出口症候群

    Similar concepts

    • 郊
    • 郡
    • 淳
    • 惇
    • 部
    • 孰
    • 郢
    • 郤
    • 鄂
    • 享
    • 郛
    • 郷
    • 鄙

    Variants

    • 阝

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