市 – market, city, town

5 strokesTaught in grade 2#42 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 市 means market, city, town. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いち (ichi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	いち	ichi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: 巾・亠.

Words using 市

市しcity市民しみんcitizen (of a country)市いちmarket市場いちば(town) market都市としtown市場しじょうmarket (financial, stock, domestic, etc.)

Example sentences

ワシントン市の友人宅に泊まります。

I'm staying at my friend's house in Washington City.

Tatoeba #191974

その新しい法律が市民から自由を奪った。

The new law has deprived the citizens of their liberty.

Tatoeba #208845

私は千葉市民ですが、東京で勤めています。

I am a citizen of Chiba, but work in Tokyo.

Tatoeba #155440

Kanji with the same radical

常席帰師幅帯幕布希帳帽幣巾

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