Onyomi: シ · Kunyomi: いち · Meanings: city, market, town
Kanji for city, market, town
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市 is formed from the “one” radical 一 on the top and 巾 on the bottom. The top line represents a marker or line, while 巾 originally referred to cloth or banners used in marketplaces. Together, they express the idea of a place where goods are displayed or exchanged. From this, 市 came to mean market, city, or town.
市 shows a place for exchange or trade, meaning market, city, or town.
市 is used when referring to a marketplace or a town. Remember 市 as the place where people gather to trade goods.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 市 | し | city | common JLPT-N4 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 市 | いち | market, fair | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 市民 | しみん | citizen (of a country), citizenry | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 市街 | しがい | urban areas, the streets, town, city | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 市場 | いちば | (town) market, (street) market, marketplace | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 市街地 | しがいち | town area, urban area, metropolitan area, built-up area | common Noun |
| 市場 | しじょう | market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.), marketplace, exchange | common Noun |
| 市長 | しちょう | mayor | common Noun |
| 市内 | しない | in the city, within the city | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 市役所 | しやくしょ | municipal office, council, city hall | common Noun |