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町

town
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingまち
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

下町

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 96

Compound words

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)
町人ちょうにん
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
町村ちょうそん
towns and villages
町長ちょうちょう
town mayor
町内ちょうない
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
町民ちょうみん
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
同町どうちょう
the same town; that town
室町むろまち
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
町中まちなか
downtown
市町村しちょうそん
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
城下町じょうかまち
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
町外れまちはずれ
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
町並みまちなみ
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
町役場まちやくば
town hall
町議会ちょうぎかい
town council

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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