# 郊 — suburbs

郊 means “suburbs”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: コウ (kou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: suburbs
- On'yomi: コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 郊

Sounds like 交: both read コウ.

Parts: 交 mix · 阝 town; hill

## Don't confuse it with

[交](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/mix/) · [校](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/school/) · [効](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/effect/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[陸](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/land/) · [埼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/saitama/) · [埋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/bury/) · [砂](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sand/) · [郊](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/suburbs/) · [頂](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/summit/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/suburbs/. Last updated 2026-11-01.