Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: boulevard, street, town

Kunyomi: まち

Onyomi: ガイ カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぎょうがまえ

Meaning: go, do

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

灯(がいとう)   street light

路樹(がいろじゅ)   roadside trees

繁華(はんかがい)   bustling street

住宅(じゅうたくがい)   residential area

商店(しょうてんがい)   shopping district

地下(ちかがい)   underground shopping center

道(かいどう)   highway

(まち)   street, town

角(まちかど)   street corner

Onyomi Examples

ガイ street, quarter, district, area

宣車 ガイセンシャ (right-wing) propaganda truck

ウォール ウォールガイ Wall Street

中華 チュウカガイ Chinatown

カイドウ highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road, highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...), subdistrict (in China)

道筋 カイドウスジ highway route (Edo period), main route

Kunyomi Examples

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

まちかど street corner

眠らない ねむらないまち city that never sleeps

まちまち streets