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巷

巷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 村や町の中の曲がった小路。
  2. 村や町。むらざと。
  3. 宮中の廊下。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「邑」+音符「共」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

fork in road, scene, arena, theater

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • ちまた
Other languages
  • 拼音xiang4
  • 拼音hang4
  • 한글hang
  • Hán-ViệtHạng

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
巾(はば)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5DF7

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱共巳

Words using this kanji

  • 巷ちまた（ちまた）分かれ道。 （ちまた）街頭。 （ちまた）巷間。the public, the street (e.g. "word on the street"), street, district
  • 巷談こうだん街に流れる噂。巷説。rumour, rumor, gossip
  • 巷間こうかんまちのなか。また、世間。ちまた。市井。on the street, around town, the world, the public
  • 巷説こうせつ街に流れる噂。巷談。gossip, talk about town
  • 巷で話題ちまたでわだいmuch-talked-about, recently popular, in vogue

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

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