The kanji 市: meaning, readings and stroke order

市

Meaning: city, market
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: いち ichi
Strokes: 5
Radical: 巾 turban, scarf
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thành phố, chợ (thị)
Japanese: おおきなまち。いちば。
Korean: 도시, 시장 (시)
Chinese: 城市、市场

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

市し長ちょう
mayor
市し長ちょうの話を聞きました。
I listened to the mayor's speech.

いち ichi · kun reading

市いち場ば
market
朝の 市いち場ばは人が多いです。
The morning market is full of people.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.