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聚居区 (jù jū ōu) — a residential area where a specific group (ethnic, cultural, or demographic) lives in concentration; ethnic enclave; community cluster

Definition

A neighborhood where one ethnic, cultural, or demographic group lives concentrated together (e.g. a Chinatown or minority 社区). The focus is on group clustering, not just any residential area.

noun
a residential area where a specific group (ethnic, cultural, or demographic) lives in concentrationethnic enclavecommunity cluster
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 聚居区。
    Zhè ge chéng shì yǒu hěn duō shǎo shù mín zú jù jū ōu.
    This city has many ethnic minority residential areas.
  • 聚居区。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài gǎi shàn pín kùn jù jū ōu de jī chǔ shè shī.
    The government is improving infrastructure in impoverished residential areas.
  • 聚居区。
    Hǎi wài huá rén jù jū ōu tōng cháng bǎo liú zhe chuán tǒng xí sú.
    Overseas Chinese residential areas usually retain traditional customs.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

聚居
聚jùgather居jūlive
偏正Modifier + head
区qūarea

聚 means gather, 居 means live, and 区 means area; together they denote an area where a group lives in concentration.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乑乑yínthree men
Sound part声符shēngfú
取
取qǔ聚jù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

聚 is built from 取, which gives the sound, and 乑, drawn as three men, to show people coming together.

Open 聚 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
古
古gǔ居jū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

居 is built from 尸 as the meaning part and 古 (gǔ) as the sound part.

Open 居 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →
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