# 域 region

土 (earth) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + (spear)
★★★☆☆
11 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

IKI | I'll be good -please don't send me to the ICKY region!

## Mnemonic

| I guard the border of my region of earth with a spear and my mouth. All waving the spear, yelling "YOU GODDAMN KIDS! STAY OFF MY REGION!!"

## Jukugo

地域(ちいき) | district, zone ★★★★☆ 地 (area) + 域 (region) = 地域 (district, zone) a region or district, a zone. (emphasizes a social community moreso than a geographical area) (i.e. you wouldn't use it for the tropics or the Arctic, but you'd use it for Chinatown ,the American South or Kanto/Kansai)
領域(りょういき) | domain ★★☆☆☆ NP 領 (territory) + 域 (region) = 領域 (domain) a territory or domain controlled by someone. Also used in neologisms like "domain name!"

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
域 | region | MOUTH | 口
城 | castle | BECOME | 成

This region's full of SNITCHIN' ASS MOUTHS
The ground BECOMES a castle, when architects come around.

## Synonyms

area, territory, sector 地域 領域 地帯 地区 分野 範囲
place 場所 所 場 地 地域 土地 所有地