街
boulevard, street, town
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:4
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:891
Vocabulary
カイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街道 | カイドウ | highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China) |
| 本街道 | ホンカイドウ | main road |
| 五街道 | ゴカイドウ | the Five Highways (radiating from Edo) |
ガイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街頭 | ガイトウ | (on the) street |
| 街路 | ガイロ | road; street; avenue |
| 街路樹 | ガイロジュ | roadside trees |
| 市街 | シガイ | urban areas; the streets; town; city |
| 市街地 | シガイチ | town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街 | がい | street; quarter; district; area |
| 街角 | まちかど | street corner |
| 街外れ | まちはずれ | outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits |
| 街 | まち | town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; downtown; main street; street; road |
| 街並み | まちなみ | townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
佳
beautiful, excellent, good, pleasing, skilled
Grade 8JLPT 1
衝
brunt, collide, highway, opposition (astronomy), pierce, prick, stab, thrust
Grade 8JLPT 1
待
depend on, wait
Grade 3JLPT 4
往
before, chase away, formerly, going, journey, let go, travel
Grade 5JLPT 1
徒
emptiness, ephemeral thing, futility, gang, junior, on foot, party, people, set, uselessness, vanity
Grade 4JLPT 3
倒
break down, collapse, drop, fall, overthrow
Grade 8JLPT 3
律
control, gauge, law, regulation, rhythm
Grade 6JLPT 2
封
closing, seal
Grade 8JLPT 2
俸
salary, stipend
Grade 8JLPT 1
術
art, magic, means, resources, skill, technique, trick
Grade 5JLPT 3