町 Kanji – town
The Japanese kanji 町 can mean town, village, block, street.
Meaning and Readings
How is 町 read?
町 has the onyomi reading チョウ and the kunyomi reading まち.
In romaji, these readings can be written as chou, machi.
Common Japanese Words Using 町
These common Japanese words contain 町. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 下町（したまち） — low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- 市町村（しちょうそん） — cities, towns and villages, municipalities
- 城下町（じょうかまち） — castle town, city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
- 町外れ（まちはずれ） — outskirts (of a town), edge (of a town), just outside the city limits
- 町人（ちょうにん） — chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants), townspeople, townsfolk, tradespeople
- 町村（ちょうそん） — towns and villages
- 町長（ちょうちょう） — town mayor
- 町内（ちょうない） — neighborhood, neighbourhood, street, block, town
- 町民（ちょうみん） — townsman, townswoman, resident of a town, townspeople, townsfolk
- 同町（どうちょう） — the same town, that town