The kanji 街: meaning, readings and stroke order

街

Meaning: street, town
On reading: ガイ gai、カイ* kai
Kun reading: まち machi
Strokes: 12
Radical: 行 go, do
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phố, khu phố (nhai)
Japanese: まち。にぎやかなみち。
Korean: 거리 (가)
Chinese: 街道、街

Readings, words and example sentences

ガイ gai · on reading

商しょう店てん街がい
shopping street
商しょう店てん街がいで買いものをします。
I go shopping on the shopping street.

まち machi · kun reading · less common

街まち
town, streets
夜の 街まちに明かりがつきます。
At night, lights come on in the streets.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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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.