# 街 — Streets

Frequency rank 737 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 骨 (Bone), less common than 欲 (Want).

- On’yomi: がい
- Kun’yomi: まち
- Radical: 行 Walk Enclosure (Kangxi 144)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A street runs through dirt with a roof overhead -- a street paved over dirt with roofed buildings on each side forms a proper city streets scene.

In words:

- 街 まち — (1) town,(2) street,road
- 街角 まちかど — street corner
- 街道 かいどう — highway

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