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街

街 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「行」（十字路の象形）+音符「圭」。「大通り」を意味する漢語｛街｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

boulevard, street, town

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイElem.
  • カイJHS
Kun (native)
  • まちElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • また
Other languages
  • 拼音jie1
  • 한글ga
  • Hán-ViệtNhai

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
行(ぎょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8857

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰徍亍

Words using this kanji

  • 街頭がいとう市街の路上。街上。まちかど。(on the) street
  • 街道かいどう（歴史）都市と都市又は宿場町をつなぐ道路。 幹線道路の愛称、語義1に起源を有するものが多い。highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road, highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...)
  • 街角まちかど「まちかど」の漢字表記street corner
  • 街宣車がいせんしゃsound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda), loudspeaker van, (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
  • 街路樹がいろじゅ美観などのため街路に沿って植えられた複数の樹木。並木。roadside trees
  • 街路がいろ市街地の区画をなす道路。road, street, avenue
  • 街灯がいとう市街の道路に設置される灯り。街路灯。street light, streetlamp
  • 街がい（まち）人が集住し、往来する場所。street, quarter, district, area
  • 街づくりまちづくりtown planning, urban development, community development, creating a community
  • 街区がいく整備された市街地などで道路で囲まれた一つの区画。block (of land)
  • 街頭募金がいとうぼきんstreetside fundraising
  • 街娼がいしょう街頭に立って客を誘う売春婦。prostitute, whore, streetwalker
  • 街図まちずstreet map
  • 街衢がいく街。市街。ちまた。town
  • 街着まちぎstreet clothes, townwear
  • 街録がいろく街頭録音の略。(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
  • 街々まちまちstreets
  • 街金まちきん特定の地域内で小規模に営業している正規の（許可を受けた）貸金業者。loan shark, high-interest consumer finance firm
  • 街商がいしょう店舗を持たず街頭で商いをする者。露店商。street vendor
  • 街宣がいせん人通りのある街頭で行う宣伝活動。街頭宣伝の略。carrying out (political) propaganda activity on the streets

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
2122.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3i9.2
Heisig
955
Nelson
1626