街 means “street, town, quarter”

まち · machi

Also: boulevard

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): まち
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ガイ, カイ

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The story

A crossroads (行) with packed earth (圭, two 土) laid down the middle: a town's street. Covered 商店街 shopping streets run through most Japanese towns, the old 街道 highways linked Edo to the provinces, and 中華街 is Chinatown.

Used in 商店街 (shoutengai, shopping street), 街道 (kaidou, old highway), and 街角 (machikado, street corner)

街 means “street, town, quarter”

The story

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