町 — kanji meaning “town”
町
town, village, block, street
- Meanings
- town, village, block, street
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- まち
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #292 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- tǐng, dīng — Chinese character page
Words with 町
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下町 | したまち shitamachi | low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) |
| 市町村 | しちょうそん shichouson | cities, towns and villages; municipalities |
| 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 |
| 町内 | ちょうない chounai | neighborhood; neighbourhood; street |
| 町長 | ちょうちょう chouchou | town mayor |
| 町村 | ちょうそん chouson | towns and villages |
| 城下町 | じょうかまち joukamachi | castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord |
| 町民 | ちょうみん choumin | townsman; townswoman; resident of a town |
| 町人 | ちょうにん chounin | chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk |
| 室町 | むろまち muromachi | Muromachi period (1336-1573) |
| 小町 | こまち komachi | belle; (town) beauty |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.