Readings
Meanings
- neighbourhood
- neighborhood
Radicals and components
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘrice field (田) · brains · street (行) · nail · spike
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 96
Compound words
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)chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeopletowns and villagestown mayorneighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; towntownsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolkthe same town; that townMuromachi period (1336-1573)downtowncities, towns and villages; municipalitiescastle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lordoutskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limitstownscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on streettown halltown councilport citycities and townsbellemachiyastreet cornerdowntown stylefishing village(Edo-period) town magistrateChinatown (Edo period) Kun Reading Examples
He showed his mother around the city.tatoeba He is said to have been the richest man in town at that time.tatoeba Additional Examples
He showed his mother around the city.tatoeba He is said to have been the richest man in town at that time.tatoeba Stroke Order
7 strokes
Town, block. 田 (field) + 丁 (block) — fields divided into blocks.
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 町
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step