Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 街


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Meaning

district, area, road

Pronunciation

GAI, KAI
machi

Explanation

Outside: to go , center: piled soil (= 2x earth )

Mnemonic

I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.

Radicals

to go(Radikal gyougamae, often also used in the half shape: gyounin.)
piled earth(twice earth about each other)
earth(ground, soil)
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Vocabulary

がい ... street, .. quarter
街角 まちかど street corner
街灯 がいとう street light
商店街 しょうてんがい shopping district, downtown
街道 かいどう highway
街頭 がいとう in the street

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