Character: 區
Modern (Beijing) reading: qū
Preclassic Old Chinese: kho
Classic Old Chinese: kho
Western Han Chinese: khwa
Eastern Han Chinese: khwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwo
Middle Chinese: khü
English meaning : section, sort, item
Russian meaning[s]: 1) район; зона; участок; 2) распределять; сортировать; 3) незначительный; [ōu] 1) древн. оу (мера веса, равная 16 шэн); 2) скрывать, укрывать; 3) Оу (фамилия)
Comments: During LZ also used for homonymous *kho 'conceal' (with a parallel not quite clear reading *ʔō, MC ʔлw, Pek. ōu).
Radical: 23
Four-angle index: 776
Karlgren code: 0122 a-b
Vietnamese reading: khu
