街 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「行」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「行」
- On
- ガイ・カイがい・かい · gai · kai
- Kun
- まちmachi
- Meaning
- town, street, downtown
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 行 (road/crossroads) gives the meaning and 圭 the sound; it means a street or town where people come and go.
Readings and examples
| Onガイがいgai | 街頭がいとう市街しがい商店街しょうてんがい |
|---|---|
| Onカイかいkai | 街道かいどう |
| Kunまちmachi | 街まち街角まちかど 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
- 角ばこ? 街角まちかど
- 街路樹がいろじゅ
- 街衢がいく
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.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)