町

町 U+753A, 町
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-753A
← 甹
[U+7539]
CJK Unified Ideographs 画 →
[U+753B]

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
7 strokes

Han character

町 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田一弓 (WMN), four-corner 61020, composition ⿰田丁)

  1. a raised path between fields

References

  • KangXi: page 759, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21735
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2528, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+753A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
町
alternative forms 圢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 町
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ) : semantic 田 (“field”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character 町 町 町
Reading # 1/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 定 (7) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) IV IV IV
Fanqie 他丁切 徒鼎切 他鼎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰeŋ/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰeŋ/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛŋ/ /dɛŋX/ /tʰɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛjŋ/ /dɛjŋX/ /tʰɛjŋX/
Li
Rong
/tʰeŋ/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Wang
Li
/tʰieŋ/ /dieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰieŋ/ /dʱieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tīng dìng tǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ting1 ding6 ting2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 町
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰˁeŋʔ/
English then(g)X.thwanX "trampled (field)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 町 町 町
Reading # 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 2399 2403 2413
Phonetic
component
丁 丁 丁
Rime
group
耕 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
汀 珽 挺
Old
Chinese
/*tʰeːŋ/ /*tʰeːŋʔ/ /*deːŋʔ/

Definitions

町

  1. a ridge or boundary between fields
  2. a field
Compounds
  • 町畦
  • 町畽

Pronunciation 2

Spelling pronunciation, as 丁 (dīng).


Definitions

町

  1. a local administrative unit in Japan (see below)
  2. character used in placenames
Compounds
  • 東門町/东门町

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

町

  1. plain

Pronunciation 4



Rime
Character 町
Reading # 2/4
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 他典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰenX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰenX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɛnX/
Li
Rong
/tʰenX/
Wang
Li
/tʰienX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tin2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 町
Reading # 1/4
No. 2367
Phonetic
component
丁
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
腆
Old
Chinese
/*tʰeːnʔ/

Definitions

町

  1. Only used in 町疃.

Japanese

Kanji

町

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まち​ [màchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

町(まち) • (machi) 

  1. town

Proper noun

町(まち) • (Machi) 

  1. a surname

Suffix

町(まち) • (-machi) 

  1. A Machi district; more detailed than 都, 道, 府, 県.

町(ちょう) • (-chō) ←ちやう (tyau)?

  1. A Chō district; more detailed than 市, 区.

See also

Korean

Hanja

町, eumhun 밭두둑 정 (batduduk jeong)

  1. A ridge between fields.
  2. A boundary.

Vietnamese

Han character

町: Hán Nôm readings: đinh, thĩnh

  1. city
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