域 yù area
area; district; field; land; region; domain
How to remember 域: 土 earth + 或 or = area. The surveyor checks the earth and asks whether the farm or the forest owns this area.
Component breakdown
域 = 土 earth + 或 or
- 土 earth
- 或 or
- 戈 dagger
- 口 mouth
- 一 one
The surveyor checks the earth and asks whether the farm or the forest owns this area.
How it is used
- Formal, written character for a bounded area or field, never used alone.
- 领域 (lǐngyù), field/domain, is used abstractly for areas of study or expertise, e.g. 研究领域 (yánjiū lǐngyù) research field.
- 区域 (qūyù), region/zone, and 地域 (dìyù), geographic area, are common in news, planning, and business contexts.
- 流域 (liúyù), river basin, and 海域 (hǎiyù), sea area, are more specialized geographic terms.