町 – town, village, block

7 strokesTaught in grade 1#292 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 町 means town, village, block, street. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まち (machi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
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: 田 (Kangxi radical 102). Components: 一・田・亅.

Words using 町

町まちtown町ちょうtown下町したまちlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

Example sentences

町が一面すっぽり雪をかぶった。

Snow completely covered the town.

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彼女は下町で生まれ育った。

She was born and brought up on the backstreets.

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Kanji with the same radical

田界画男由番申異留略甲畑畳畜

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