市 — city, market, town

いち市 city

U+5E02 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 3 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 3 level. Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes Freq #42 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #412 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

city
market
town

word

いち ichi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

市(いち) 場(ば) ichiba market

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

市(し) shi city 都(と) 市(し) toshi city 市(し) 民(みん) shimin citizen 市(し) 町(ちょう) 村(そん) shichouson cities, towns, and villages 市(し) 内(ない) shinai within the city 市(し) 長(ちょう) shichou mayor 大(だい) 都(と) 市(し) daitoshi large city 市(し) 販(はん) shihan commercially available

Stroke order

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