郊 — gyo

Parts that make up 郊

How 郊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 郊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 交, 邑.

Korean example words with 郊

• 교외郊外 Korean gloss: 도시의 주변 지역
• 교초郊草 Korean gloss: 부근의 들판에서 나는 풀이나 땔감
• 교천郊天 Korean gloss: 임금이 천신(天神)에게 제사를 지내던 일
• 근교近郊 Korean gloss: 도시의 가까운 변두리에 있는 마을이나 들
• 교외선郊外線 Korean gloss: 도시와 도시의 주변을 연결하는 철도
• 교외화郊外化 Korean gloss: 중심 시가지에서 도시 주변으로 거주 인구가 확산됨. 또는 그렇게 만듦
• 교야郊野 Korean gloss: 교외의 들.
• 남교南郊 Korean gloss: 남쪽 교외.
• 북교北郊 Korean gloss: 북쪽 교외.
• 황교荒郊 Korean gloss: 황폐한 들.
• 교행郊行 Korean gloss: 교외로 나감.
• 동교東郊 Korean gloss: 동쪽의 교외.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 郊

• 郊外こうがい suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
• 近郊きんこう outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area
• 北郊ほっこう northern suburbs
• 南郊なんこう southern suburbs
• 郊野こうの suburban fields
• 東郊とうこう eastern suburbs
• 西郊せいこう western suburb
• 春郊しゅんこう suburbs in springtime; fields in springtime
• 遠郊えんこう area remote from the city; outlying area
• 断郊だんこう cross-country
• 郊外化こうがいか suburbanization
• 断郊競走だんこうきょうそう cross-country race

Characters sharing the phonetic 交

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “교” in Korean.

Other hanja read “교”

Other hanja with radical 邑