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

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