Memory phrase for the Kanji: 町

町

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Meaning

town, block

Pronunciation

 CHŌ
machi

Explanation

 Left: rice paddy 田, right: block of houses 丁

Mnemonic

 At the rice paddy is a block of houses: This is the beginning of the: town.

Radicals

田 rice field
丁 nail, block of houses
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Vocabulary

 町  まち  town, street block
 町長  ちょうちょう  town headman, governing mayor
 室町時代  むろまちじだい  Muromachi period (1333-1573 CE)
 下町  したまち  lower part(s) of a town

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