What is the Kanji for "Area" and "Limits"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Area" and "Limits", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Area" and "Limits" is "域".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Iki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "土" means "Soil" and can be read as "Tsuchi", "To", and "Do". And The component "或" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "域" mean in japanese?

"域" means "Area" and "Limits".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

地域: "Area". The noun '地域 (ちいき)' means 'area'. This word refers to a specific geographical region or locality. It can be used to describe a city district, a neighborhood, a rural area, or any other bounded space. For example: This is a popular area for shopping - (この地域は買い物で賑わっている). The rural areas outside the city - (市外の地域)

領域: "Area". The Japanese noun '領域 (りょういき)' means 'area'. It refers to a specific region, territory, or scope. This word is often used to describe a field of study, a jurisdiction, or a delimited space. For example: The research area - (研究領域). This is within my area of expertise - (これは私の専門領域です).

域: "Area". The noun '域 (いき)' refers to a specific region, territory or domain. It can be used to describe a geographical area, a field of study, or a conceptual sphere. For example: This region is within our area of operation - (この地域は私たちの活動範囲の域内にある). The area of computer science - (コンピューター科学の域)

区域: "Area". The Japanese noun '区域 (くいき)' means 'area'. It refers to a specific, defined space or region within a larger location. This word is often used to describe administrative, geographic, or territorial divisions. For example: This is a residential area - (この区域は住宅地域です). The restricted area is off-limits - (この区域は立入禁止になっています).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.