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巷

fork in road
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingちまた
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. fork in road
    その歌は巷で流行した。The song caught on with the public.tatoeba
    号は杏庵のほか、杏隠・敬庵・蘇巷・茅山山人。Except Kyoan, he had other pseudonyms: 杏隠・敬庵・蘇巷・茅山山人wiki
  2. scene
  3. arena
  4. theater
  1. the public
  2. the street (e.g. "word on the street")
  3. street
  4. district
  5. quarters

Radicals and components

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Components
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Compound words

巷間こうかん
on the street
巷説こうせつ
gossip
巷談こうだん
rumour
陋巷ろうこう
narrow, dirty backstreet
悪の巷あくのちまた
skid row
街談巷語がいだんこうご
street gossips and idle rumors
街談巷説がいだんこうせつ
street gossips and idle rumors
巷で話題ちまたでわだい
much-talked-about
修羅の巷しゅらのちまた
scene of carnage
柳巷花街りゅうこうかがい
red-light district

Additional Examples

号は杏庵のほか、杏隠・敬庵・蘇巷・茅山山人。
Except Kyoan, he had other pseudonyms: 杏隠・敬庵・蘇巷・茅山山人wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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