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巷 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「己」

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On
コウこう · kō
Kun
ちまたchimata
Meaning
the streets; the town

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

己 with 共 "together": the road where people pass to and fro — the streets.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巷ちまた

    the streets; the world at large

  • 巷間こうかん

    on the streets; commonly

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

巷(ちまた)ではその噂(うわさ)で持(も)ちきりだ。

The streets are full of that rumour.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

巷間巷間betwee…巳the Sn…己onesel…已to cea…巨gigant…巫a sham…弘vast叩strike亙extend…亘extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 己Map of reading コウAll maps

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