市
市 — Market
market, city, town
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiいち (ichi)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 市
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市場 | いちば ichiba | (town) market; (street) market; marketplace |
| 市場 | しじょう shijou | market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange |
| 市内 | しない shinai | in the city; within the city |
| 市民 | しみん shimin | citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city) |
| 都市 | とし toshi | town; city; municipal |
| 同市 | どうし doushi | same city |
Study notes
市 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #42 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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