町 — town, city block, street
まち
町
town
まち
U+753A
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #292
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #93
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- town
- city block
- street
Readings
- On'yomi
- ちょう chou
- Kun'yomi
- まち machi
word
まち machi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
18 wordsEach dot is a word containing 町: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 9 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
た
田
rice field
#102
Compound ideograph (会意). 田 (rice field) beside 丁 (block/nail). A town or city block — land divided into measured plots.