字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

range, region, limits, stage, level

On’yomi イキ

Origin

The character 域 combines earth or land (土) on the left with a sound component (或) on the right that hints at the pronunciation "iki." The earth radical makes sense because a domain or region is fundamentally a bounded area of land. The right side doesn't contribute to the meaning—it's there mainly to suggest how the character should be pronounced. Together, the shape pictures the idea of a defined territory or zone marked out within the earth.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).

域 11 strokes

Components

  • 土 radical left
  • 或 sound hint right

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 域外 いきがい outside the area
  • 域内 いきない inside the area
  • 海域 かいいき area of sea; waters
  • 区域 くいき area; zone
  • 広域 こういき wide area
  • 水域 すいいき waters; water area
  • 聖域 せいいき sacred precincts; sanctuary
  • 戦域 せんいき war area; battlefield

Related kanji

Same sound component 或
Same radical

Reference

Strokes
11
Kangxi radical
32
Grade
Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#396 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 2
Unicode
U+057DF