Info on the Kanji 町

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What is this? "町"

Meaning(s)

town, village, block, street

Reading(s)

onyomi CHOU
kunyomi machi

Other

stroke count 7
grade 1
jlpt level N4
Example words with 町
WordMeaning
まち
machi
town / block / neighbourhood / neighborhood / street / road / 109.09 m / 0.99 hectares
したまち
shitamachi
low-lying part of a city / shitamachi
はなまち
hana machi
red-light district / prostitution quarter / geisha quarter
むろまち
muromachi
muromachi
こまち
komachi
a belle / town beauty
しょくまち
shoku machi
red-light district
ちょうかい
choukai
town council
ちょうにん
chounin
merchant
まちじゅう
machijuu
the whole town
ちょうちょう
chouchou
town headman / town mayor
まちほ
machi ho
hectare
まちほう
machi hou
town
ちょうめい
choumei
name of a town or street
ちょうりつ
chouritsu
established by the town
どうまち
dou machi
the same town / that town
したまちかぜ
shitamachi kaze
downtown style
医者まちいしゃ
machiisha
physician in private practice / town doctor / doctor who served the the townspeople
外れまちはずれ
machihazure
outskirts
工場まちこうじょう
machikoujou
small factory in town / backstreet workshop
人物ちょうにんもの
chounin mono
novels or plays about the merchant class
道場ちょうどうば
choudou ba
martial arts school situated in a town
南京なんきんまち
nankin machi
chinatown
二のにのまち
ni no machi
inferior / second-rate
日本にほんまち
nihonmachi
japantown
時代むろまちじだい
muromachijidai
muromachi period
おこしまちおこし
machi okoshi
revitalization of a town / town renewal
はずれまちはずれ
machi hazure
outskirts
起こしまちおこし
machi oko shi
revitalization of a town / town renewal
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Example Sentences with 町
奈良は静かで、きれいなです。

田は古いものと新しいものが入り交じった面白い街です。

中見物でもするか?

難民がごみごみした裏に住んでいました。



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