JLPT N1 · 12 strokes
Kanji 街: "boulevard, street, town"
The kanji 街 means "boulevard, street, town". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ガイ, カイ 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)
ガイカイ
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 | boulevard, street, town |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 891 of 2,501 |
Common words with 街
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 街street; quarter; district; area
- 商店街shopping district; shopping street; downtown
- 街道highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road · highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...)
- 街灯street light; streetlamp
- 住宅街residential area
- 繁華街business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre
- 市街urban areas; the streets; town; city
- 市街地town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
- 街路road; street; avenue
- 夜の街city at night; town at night; streets at night · nightlife district; drinking district
- 街角street corner
- 街路樹roadside trees
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