村 – village, town

7 strokesTaught in grade 1#253 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 村 means village, town. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソン (son); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むら (mura). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソン	son
Kun’yomi	むら	mura

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 寸・木.

Words using 村

村むらvillage農村のうそんagricultural community漁村ぎょそんfishing village

Example sentences

町は村よりも大きい。

Towns are larger than villages.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案果格検校構木条楽

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