N4 kanji · 5 strokes
市 means market, city
市
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.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
市場 いちば · ichiba
market, marketplace
Built from
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亠 Used in 156 kanji
See all 16 at N5 and N4巾 Used in 36 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 市 mean?
Right: 市 means market, city.Not quite: 市 means market, city.In 市場, which reading does 市 use?
Right. 市場 is read いちば (ichiba): 市 takes いち, its Japanese reading.Not quite. 市場 is read いちば (ichiba): 市 takes いち, its Japanese reading.