町
block, street, town, village
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:7
JLPT:4
Frequency:292
Vocabulary
チョウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市町村 | シチョウソン | cities, towns and villages; municipalities |
| 町村 | チョウソン | towns and villages |
| 町長 | チョウチョウ | town mayor |
| 町内 | チョウナイ | neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town |
| 町民 | チョウミン | townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下町 | したまち | low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) |
| 町角 | まちかど | street corner |
| 町外れ | まちはずれ | outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits |
| 町 | まち | town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; downtown; main street; street; road |
| 町並み | まちなみ | townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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日
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