Memory phrase for the character: 街

街

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Meaning

district, area, road

Pronunciation

GAI, KAI
machi

Explanation

 Outside: to go 行, center: piled soil 圭 (= 2x earth 土)

Mnemonic
 
I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.

Radicals

行 to goRadical gyougamae is often used in its half shape: 彳 gyounin.
圭 piled earthtwice earth 土 about each other
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

街 がい   ... street, .. quarter
街角 まちかど  street corner
街灯 がいとう  street light
商店街 しょうてんがい  shopping district, downtown
街道 かいどう  highway
街頭 がいとう  in the street

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