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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 8

街 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

town; street

On: カイkai ガイgai
Kun: まちmachi ちまたchimata

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

街12 strokes

How to write 街: stroke order

街 has 12 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

街 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 街 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 街

The parts 街 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

行
go; carry out
Radical
圭

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 8

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