JLPT N4 · 7 strokes
Kanji 町: "town, village, block"
The kanji 町 means "town, village, block, street". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read チョウ in on'yomi and まち in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まち
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | town, village, block, street |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 1 |
| Frequency rank | 292 of 2,501 |
Common words with 町
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 町town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood · downtown; main street
- 町中downtown
- 下町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)
- 城下町castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
- 港町port city; harbor city; harbour city
- 町並みtownscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
- 町内neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block
- 町人chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
- 隣町neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
- 町長town mayor
- 田舎町country town; rural town
- 小町belle; (town) beauty
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