町 means town
village, block, street
A road runs through the fields and a town grows along it.
On'yomi
- チョウchou
Kun'yomi
- まちmachi
How it's built
- 田field
- 丁nail
Common words
- 町まちtown; block
- 町中まちなかdowntown
- 下町したまちlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- 室町むろまちMuromachi period (1336-1573)
Through history
Seal- Today