街 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「行」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「行」
- On
- ガイ・カイ
- Kun
- まち
- Meaning
- town, street, downtown
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 行 (road/crossroads) gives the meaning and 圭 the sound; it means a street or town where people come and go.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ガイ | 街頭・市街・商店街 |
|---|---|
| カイ | 街道 |
| まち | 街・街角 Compare: 町 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 商店街しょうてんがい
shopping street
- 街角まちかど
street corner
Example
日曜日に商店街へ買い物に行きました。
On Sunday I went shopping in the shopping street.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)