Kanji1 / 7
町 kanji
town, village, block, street
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
チョウ
Kun readings
まち
Variant forms
甼Words with 町
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —町道town road
- —町丁towns and villages (official urban area classification)
- —両町both towns
- —兜町Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange
- —古町old town
- —町有owned by the town; municipal
- —町住public housing operated by a town; municipal housing
- —町人物novels or plays about the merchant class
- —町内会neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
- —町村制municipal system
- —永田町Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
- —寺内町town built within the semi-fortified compounds of a temple (during the Warring States period)
- —町村合併merger of towns and villages
- —町段畝歩units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
- —町の方針town policies
- —町人気質townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
- —町人根性townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
- —町人風情(the likes of) a mere tradesman
- —八百八町the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
- —市区町村local governments; cities, wards, towns and villages; municipalities