city

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originated as a pictograph depicting a walled city or settlement, combining the outer walls (represented by the border strokes) with dwellings inside. It represents a fortified residential area or town protected by defensive walls.

Mnemonic: Picture a walled city with fortifications surrounding buildings inside to remember this "city" radical.

• 郹jú🔊

  place name

  11 strokes

• 郿méi🔊

  ancient place name

  11 strokes

• 鄅Yǔ🔊

  Yu, Zhou Dynasty vassal state, in present-day Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong

  11 strokes

• 鄇hòu🔊

  place name

  11 strokes

• 鄈kuí🔊

  place name

  11 strokes

• 鄍míng🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 鄎xì🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 鄏rù🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 鄐Chù🔊

  surname Chu

  12 strokes

• 鄑zī🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 邬Wū🔊

  surname Wu

  12 strokes

• 鄕xiāng🔊

  variant of 鄉|乡[xiang1]

  12 strokes

• 鄗hào🔊

  ancient place name

  12 strokes

• 鄚Mò🔊

  surname Mo

  12 strokes

• 鄘Yōng🔊

  surname Yong

  13 strokes

• 鄜fū🔊

  name of a district in Shaanxi

  13 strokes

• 鄠hù🔊

  used in 鄠邑[Hu4 yi4] (the name of a place in Shaanxi)

  13 strokes

• 鄤màn🔊

  place name

  13 strokes

• 𬩽Xún🔊

  surname Xun

  14 strokes

• 鄫Zēng🔊

  surname Zeng

  14 strokes

• 鄵Cào🔊

  ancient place name (between present-day Xinzheng County 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4] and Lushan County 魯山|鲁山[Lu3 shan1], Henan)

  15 strokes

• 郐Kuài🔊

  surname Kuai

  15 strokes

• 鄷Fēng🔊

  old variant of 酆[Feng1]

  15 strokes

• 邝Kuàng🔊

  surname Kuang

  16 strokes

• 鄻liǎn🔊

  place name

  17 strokes

• 鄾yōu🔊

  place name

  17 strokes

• 鄿qí🔊

  (herb)

  17 strokes

• 酂zàn🔊

  group of 100 families

  18 strokes

• 酅xī🔊

  place name

  20 strokes

• 郦Lì🔊

  surname Li

  21 strokes