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N4 kanji · 5 strokes

市 means market, city

亠 a roof · 巾 cloth

市Memory trick

Cloth (巾) for sale under a roof: a market, a city.

Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.

Meaning and readings

Meanings
market, city, town
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
5
School grade
Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) いち ichi

いち (ichi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

From Chinese (onyomi) シ shi

シ (shi) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

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Common word

市場 いちば · ichiba

market, marketplace

Built from

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