町 town

Also: village, block, street

On'yomi
チョウ
Kun'yomi
まち
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
町 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Rice fields (田) divided by nail-straight streets (丁) form the blocks of a town.

A common word

  • 町 まち town

Example sentences

  • わたしのまちはちいさいです。

    My town is small.

  • まちにあたらしいみせができました。

    A new shop opened in town.

Kanji that share a part

田 is its radical. 25 kanji share it in all.

丁 is a component.

  • 打 strike N3
  • 頂 place on the head N3
  • 庁 government office N2
  • 灯 lamp N1
  • 亭 pavilion N1
  • 訂 revise N1
  • 釘 nail N1
  • 寧 rather N1