Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N4

292 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: town, village, block, street

Kunyomi: まち

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たへん

Meaning: field

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

長(ちょうちょう)   town headman

名(ちょうめい)   name of a town

村(しちょうそん)   cities, towns and villages

(まち)   town

並み(まちなみ)   the appearance of a town/street

(したまち)   old commercial area of Tokyo

Onyomi Examples

チョウ town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, street, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m), chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

議会 チョウギカイ town council

ドウチョウ the same town, that town

門前 モンゼンマチ town originally built around a temple or shrine

Kunyomi Examples

まち town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, downtown, main street, street, road

街角 まちかど street corner

むろまち Muromachi period (1336-1573)

門前 もんぜんまち town originally built around a temple or shrine