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區 1. 分別: distinction; differentiation. 2. 地域: region; area. 3. 小，細微: small; minute. For example: "區區小事" (trivial matters). 4. 行政區劃單位: administrative division; administrative region. - Verb: 分別 (to distinguish). - Example phrases: "區別" (to differentiate), "區劃" (to delineate), "區隔" (to separate). - Quotation: "譬諸草木，區以別矣" (just like dividing grass and trees to distinguish them), from "The Analects" (Lunyu). - Noun: 地域，一定的範圍 (region, a certain scope). - Example phrases: "工業區" (industrial area), "風景區" (scenic area), "住宅區" (residential area). - Surname: A family name. - Noun: 量詞 (measure word). An ancient unit for measuring capacity, equivalent to one dou (斗) and six sheng (升). - Example reference: "區，量名，四豆為區" (A measure word, four beans make up one 区). - Historical reference: "齊舊四量：豆、區、釜、鍾" (The four ancient measuring units of Qi: beans, 区, pots, and bells). The Jin dynasty scholar Du Yu noted that "四豆為區，區，斗六升" (Four beans make one 区, which is equivalent to one dou and six sheng). - Adjective: 弯曲的 (curved). - Quotation: "然後草木茂，區萌達" (Then the grass and trees flourish, and their growth is curved), from the "Book of Rites" (Liji). - Commentary: Scholar Kong Yingda in the Tang Dynasty stated that "屈生曰區者，謂鉤曲而生出，菽豆是也" (Curved growth refers to those that grow in a hooked manner, like beans).