街 — kanji meaning “boulevard”
街
boulevard, street, town
- Meanings
- boulevard, street, town
- On'yomi
- ガイ (gai)、カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi
- まち
- Name readings
- また
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #891 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 144
- Chinese reading
- jiē — Chinese character page
Words with 街
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街頭 | がいとう gaitou | (on the) street |
| 市街 | しがい shigai | urban areas; the streets; town |
| 街道 | かいどう kaidou | highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road |
| 街角 | まちかど machikado | street corner |
| 市街地 | しがいち shigaichi | town area; urban area; metropolitan area |
| 街灯 | がいとう gaitou | street light; streetlamp |
| 歓楽街 | かんらくがい kanrakugai | entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter |
| 街路 | がいろ gairo | road; street; avenue |
| 街宣 | がいせん gaisen | carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets |
| 地下街 | ちかがい chikagai | underground shopping center; underground shopping centre |
| 花街 | かがい kagai | red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter |
| 繁華街 | はんかがい hankagai | business district; shopping district; bustling street |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.