街 – boulevard, street, town

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The kanji 街 means boulevard, street, town. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガイ、カイ (gai, kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まち (machi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 行 (no. 144).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガイ	gai
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	まち	machi

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: 行 (Kangxi radical 144). Components: 行・土・彳.

Words using 街

街まちtown街角まちかどstreet corner街がいstreet街道かいどうhighway (esp. one existing from the Edo period)街頭がいとう(on the) street

Example sentences

ここは東京のビジネス街だ。

This is a business section of Tokyo.

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街道沿いのドライブインで昼食をとった。

We had lunch at a roadside restaurant.

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警察は街頭デモを阻止しようとした。

The police tried to stop the street demonstration.

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Kanji with the same radical

行術衛衝衡

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