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N4 kanji · 7 strokes

村 means village

木 trees · 寸 a little measure

村Memory trick

Trees (木) and a small measure (寸) of land: a village.

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

Meaning and readings

Meanings
village, town
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
7
School grade
Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) むら mura

むら (mura) 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) ソン son

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

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

農村 のうそん · nouson

agricultural community, farm village

Built from

Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.

木 Used in 166 kanji

See all 19 at N5 and N4

寸 Used in 47 kanji

See all 5 at N5 and N4

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.