城下町

Japanese

Kanji in this term
城	下	町
じょう Grade: 4	か Grade: 1	まち Grade: 1
kan'on	goon	kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 城下(じょうか) (jōka, “below the castle”) + 町(まち) (machi, “town”)

Noun

城(じょう)下(か)町(まち) • (jōkamachi) ^{←じゃうかまち (zyaukamati)?}

1. castle town

References

• “城下町”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026