町
町 — Town
town, village, block, street
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiまち (machi)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 町
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 町 | まち machi | town; block; neighbourhood |
| 市町村 | しちょうそん shichouson | cities, towns and villages; municipalities |
| 同町 | どうちょう douchou | the same town; that town |
| 町長 | ちょうちょう chouchou | town mayor |
| 町内 | ちょうない chounai | neighborhood; neighbourhood; street |
| 下町 | したまち shitamachi | 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) |
Study notes
町 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 1), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #292 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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