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町
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town

HSK 10 N3
Human →Body
tǐng
チョウ
まち
정
Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.
Components
田 rice field+ 丁 fourth =
町 town
田 Meaning component
tián rice field
field, arable land, cultivated
丁 Phonetic component
dīng fourth
male adult
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Notes
Similar Characters
亩 chinese (simp)佃 tenant farmer兽 bestial (simp)当 work as (jp)毗 connect男 male畈 farm畋 till land界 world畎 a drain between fields畑 opposed畔 littoral留 stay畛 raised畜 livestock畟 plough略 abbreviation畦 sections in vegetable畬 reclaimed field畲 to cultivate land
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
町
Regular
Modern
Chinese
町 [dīng]
(used in place names)
町 [tǐng]
raised path between fields
Japanese
町 、 街 まち 同音

noun

  1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (esp. 町)
  2. downtown; main street
  3. street; road
町 ちょう 同音

noun

  1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
  2. street
  3. chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
  4. chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
町が一面すっぽり雪をかぶった。
Snow completely covered the town.
楽隊が町をパレードした。
The band paraded the streets.
Japanese Names
町 ちょう
Chō place namesurname
町 まち
Machi female given namesurname
町 やなまち
Yanamachi surname
町 やまぎまち
Yamagimachi surname
CHINESE WORDS (8)
畹町 [Wǎn​dīng] #60,284
Wanding town Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Yunnan, on border with Myanmar (Burma)
畹町市 [Wǎn​dīng​shì] #71,853
Wanding town Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Yunnan, on border with Myanmar (Burma)
室町 [Shì​tǐng] #75,465
Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
大麦町 [dà​mài​tǐng]
Dalmatian (dog breed)
大麦町 [dà​mài​tǐng]
Dalmatian (dog breed)
室町幕府 [Shì​tǐng​mù​fǔ]
Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
西门町 [Xī​mén​dīng]
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
西门町 [Xī​mén​dīng]
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
JAPANESE WORDS (132)
⭐ 町 [まち] #793
town
⭐ 町中 [まちなか] #6,171
downtown
⭐ 町並み [まちなみ] #10,251
townscape
⭐ 下町 [したまち] #17,053
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
⭐ 城下町 [じょうかまち] #17,331
castle town
港町 [みなとまち] #18,109
port city
夜の街 [よるのまち] #18,950
city at night
⭐ 町内 [ちょうない] #19,238
neighborhood
⭐ 町人 [ちょうにん] #19,745
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)
隣町 [となりまち] #19,807
neighboring town
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