町
Town
Meanings
Town, Village, Block, Street
On'yomi
ちょう
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
まち
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
町 is written in 7 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
町 (Town) is taught on WaniKani at level 4 and appears in the JLPT N4 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 1 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #292 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 7 strokes.
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