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町

町

Translingual

Stroke order
Japanese stroke order

Han character

町 (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: volume 4, page 2528, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+753A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 町
alt. forms 圢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 町
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (丁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
圢 *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋʔ
町 *tʰeːnʔ, *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ, *deːŋʔ
打 *rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ
盯 *rteŋʔ, *rdeŋ
朾 *rteːŋ, *rdeːŋ
丁 *rteːŋ, *teːŋ
玎 *rteːŋ, *teːŋ
虰 *rdeːŋ, *tʰeŋ, *teːŋ
揨 *rdeːŋ
釘 *teːŋ, *teːŋs
靪 *teːŋ, *teːŋʔ
仃 *teːŋ
叮 *teːŋ
疔 *teːŋ
頂 *teːŋʔ
奵 *teːŋʔ
耵 *teːŋʔ
酊 *teːŋʔ
葶 *teːŋʔ, *deːŋ
矴 *teːŋs
訂 *teːŋs, *tʰeːŋ, *deːŋʔ
飣 *teːŋs
汀 *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋs
艼 *tʰeːŋ, *tʰeːŋʔ
庁 *tʰeːŋ
婷 *deːŋ
停 *deːŋ
聤 *deːŋ
渟 *deːŋ
楟 *deːŋ
亭 *deːŋ

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 町 町 町 町
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 透 (6) 定 (7) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 先 (85) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) IV IV IV IV
Fanqie 他丁切 他典切 徒鼎切 他鼎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɛŋ/ /tʰɛnX/ /dɛŋX/ /tʰɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛjŋ/ /tʰɛnX/ /dɛjŋX/ /tʰɛjŋX/
Li
Rong		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Wang
Li		 /tʰieŋ/ /tʰienX/ /dieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰieŋ/ /tʰienX/ /dʱieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tīng tiǎn dìng tǐng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 町
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰˤeŋʔ/
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 町
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 2367 2399 2403 2413
Phonetic
component		 丁 丁 丁 丁
Rime
group		 元 耕 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 2 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 腆 汀 珽 挺
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰeːnʔ/ /*tʰeːŋ/ /*tʰeːŋʔ/ /*deːŋʔ/

Definitions

町

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

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 町 町 町 町
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 透 (6) 定 (7) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 先 (85) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) IV IV IV IV
Fanqie 他丁切 他典切 徒鼎切 他鼎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɛŋ/ /tʰɛnX/ /dɛŋX/ /tʰɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰɛjŋ/ /tʰɛnX/ /dɛjŋX/ /tʰɛjŋX/
Li
Rong		 /tʰeŋ/ /tʰenX/ /deŋX/ /tʰeŋX/
Wang
Li		 /tʰieŋ/ /tʰienX/ /dieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰieŋ/ /tʰienX/ /dʱieŋX/ /tʰieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tīng tiǎn dìng tǐng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 町
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰˤeŋʔ/
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 町
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 2367 2399 2403 2413
Phonetic
component		 丁 丁 丁 丁
Rime
group		 元 耕 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 2 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 腆 汀 珽 挺
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰeːnʔ/ /*tʰeːŋ/ /*tʰeːŋʔ/ /*deːŋʔ/

Definitions

町

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

Japanese

Kanji

町

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

町 ‎(hiragana まち, romaji machi)

  1. town

Proper noun

町 ‎(hiragana まち, romaji Machi)

  1. A surname​.

Suffix

町 ‎(hiragana まち, romaji -machi)

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

町 ‎(hiragana ちょう, romaji -chō, historical hiragana ちやう)

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

See also

Korean

Hanja

町 • ‎(jeong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 정 (revised: jeong, McCune-Reischauer: chŏng, Yale: ceng)
  • Name (hangeul): 밭두둑 (revised: batduduk)
  1. A ridge between fields.
  2. A boundary.

Vietnamese

Han character

町 (đinh, thĩnh, tân)

  1. city

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