Japanese symbol for “municipalities”
市町村
しちょうそん
Romaji: shichouson
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
In Japanese, municipalities is 市町村, read しちょうそん (shichouson).
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Meanings
- n cities, towns and villages; municipalities
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “municipalities”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市区町村 | しくちょうそん shikuchouson | local governments; cities, wards, towns and villages; municipalities |
| 区市町村 | くしちょうそん kushichouson | local governments; wards, cities, towns and villages; municipalities |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 都市 | とし toshi | town; city; municipal |
| 市場 | いちば ichiba | (town) market; (street) market; marketplace |
| 市民 | しみん shimin | citizen (of a country); citizenry |
| 市内 | しない shinai | in the city; within the city |
| 市長 | しちょう shichou | mayor |
| 下町 | したまち shitamachi | low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) |
| 町中 | まちなか machinaka | downtown |
| 町並み | まちなみ machinami | townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street |
| 農村 | のうそん nouson | agricultural community; farm village |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.