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Rice Street Village Town Tokyo 町 チョウ まち

Kanji
Onyomi チョウ
Kunyomi まち
English village, town, block, street
Examples 町角(まちかど): street corner
町(まち): (1) town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (2) street; road (3) 109.09 m (4) 0.99 hectares
下町(したまち): low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, inc. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 1
Frequency 292
Components 田: rice field; rice paddy
丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 102
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading た・たへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword village
Koohii Story 1 Actually this means town, like one that has lots of streets and is surrounded by all the rice fields.
Koohii Story 2 Getting this one confused with Town is easy, so remember it with this rhyme. "Pillage the village, for the rice and and the tea." the street primitive on the right looks like a ´t´.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade1, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_structure.town.building

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