Wikimore

街	U+8857, 街 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8857

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

街Category:Translingual lemmas#行06街 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#行06街 Category:Translingual symbols#行06街 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#行06街 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#行06街 Category:Pages with entries#街 Category:Pages with 5 entries#街 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 竹人土土弓 (HOGGN), four-corner 2110₄, composition ⿴行圭 or ⿲彳圭亍)Category:Han char with multiple ids Category:Han script characters#行06街

Derived characters

𱔡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34051

Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 16

Unihan data for U+8857

Chinese

simp. and trad.		街
2nd round simp.		亍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
街	kreː, kreː
鞋	ɡreː, ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	ŋreː, ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	ɡreː, kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	ŋreː, ŋre
崖	ŋreː, ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	qreː, qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	qreː, qʷraː
胿	ɡeː, kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	ɡʷraːʔ, ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	ɡʷraːʔ, qʰʷe
蛙	qʷraː, qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs
罣	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	kʰʷreː, ɡʷreːs
鼃	ɢʷreː, qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	kʷeː, ɡʷeː
茥	kʷeː, kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	ɡʷeː, sqʰʷe, qʰʷe, qʰʷi
烓	qʷeː, kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreː, *kreː)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#行06: semantic 行 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#街.

Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character and 厓 either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#行06 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#行06 *r/g-wa (“village”) (STEDT); see 里 (OC *rɯʔ, “village”) for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiē (jie¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#街)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gai¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiě

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): jiè

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гэ (ge, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): gaai¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gai⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): gai¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiê / kiâi

(Hailu, HRS): gai^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): gê¹

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): je¹
Jin (Wiktionary): jie¹
Northern Min (KCR): gái
Eastern Min (BUC): gă̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koe / ke / kee / kere / kai

(Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): goi¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ka
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jie
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹
  - Yale: jyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gai¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jiě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: jiè
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): jie¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕie³¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гэ (ge, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaai¹
  - Yale: gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: gaai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁴²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê
  - Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gie¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯e²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâi
  - Hakka Romanization System: giai^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giai¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gai^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kai⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gê¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ke⁴⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: je¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕe³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gă̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe
  - Tâi-lô: kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koef
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Lukang, Klang): /kue³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun, Changtai, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore): /kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke
  - Tâi-lô: ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kef
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /ke³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ke⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangpu): /kiei⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee
  - Tâi-lô: kee
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /kɛ³³/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kere
  - Tâi-lô: kere
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Hui'an, Yongchun)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai
  - Tâi-lô: kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /kai⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /kai³³/

Note:

koe/ke/kere/kee - vernacular;
kai - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: goi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kɔi³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ka
  - MiniDict: ka^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ka
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai̯³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 街
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kai⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕie²¹/ /kai²¹/ 老
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
	Xining	/kɛ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kɛ⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕie⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kɛ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kai⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/kai⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/kai⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/kai⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/kæ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕie̞²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ka⁵³/
	Suzhou	/kɑ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕie̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ka³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ka³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/ka¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kai³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kai⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/ke⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ke²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kai⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/kai⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kai⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kai⁵⁵/ /kue⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɛ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kai⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/koi³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kɔi²³/

Middle Chinese: kea, keaj

Rime
Character	街	街
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古膎切	古諧切
Baxter	kea	keaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛ/	/kˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæ/	/kᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/kæi/	/kɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨj/	/kəɨj/
Li Rong	/kɛ/	/kɛi/
Wang Li	/kai/	/kɐi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kai/	/kăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai¹	gaai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤre/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	街
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiē
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛ ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁre/
English	road-crossing
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	街	街
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4527	4532
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	皆	佳
Old Chinese	/*kreː/	/*kreː/
Notes	本音佳

Definitions

街Category:Chinese lemmas#行06 Category:Chinese hanzi#行06 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#行06 Category:Pages with entries#街 Category:Pages with 5 entries#街

(countable Category:Chinese countable nouns#行06) street (Classifier: 條／条 m c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 條/条#行06
街景 ― jiējǐng ― street sceneCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

地下街 ― dìxiàjiē ― underground streetCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

行落兩條街大把嘢食。 [Cantonese, trad.]
行落两条街大把嘢食。 [Cantonese, simp.]
haang⁴ lok⁶ loeng⁵ tiu⁴ gaai¹ daai⁶ baa² je⁵ sik⁶. [Jyutping]
If you walk two blocks down the street, there will be a lot to eat.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
market; fair
short for 街道 (jiēdào, “subdistrict”)Category:Chinese short forms
新港街 ― Xīngǎng Jiē ― Xingang SubdistrictCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(Hong Kong Cantonese Category:Hong Kong Cantonese#行06, figuratively) distance; margin (Classifier: 條／条 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 條/条#行06
贏九條街／赢九条街 [Cantonese] ― jeng⁴ gau² tiu⁴ gaai¹ [Jyutping] ― to win by a large margin (literally, “to win with a distance of nine street blocks”)Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
(Hong Kong Cantonese Category:Hong Kong Cantonese#行06) outside; the public
街外人 [Cantonese] ― gaai¹ ngoi⁶ jan⁴ [Jyutping] ― outsiderCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations

街症 [Cantonese] ― gaai¹ zing³ [Jyutping] ― outpatient clinicCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations
a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#行06

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 街 (“street”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		街, 街道
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	街
	Taiwan	街
	Malaysia	街
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	街
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	街, 街道
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	街, 街道
	Wuhan	街, 街道
	Guilin	街
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	街
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	街
Cantonese	Guangzhou	街
	Hong Kong	街
	Macau	街
	Yangjiang	街, 街巷
Gan	Nanchang	街
Hakka	Meixian	街, 街路
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	街
Jin	Taiyuan	街
Northern Min	Jian'ou	街墿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	街
Southern Min	Xiamen	街路
	Quanzhou	街路
	Zhangzhou	街路
	Tainan	街路, 街仔路, 街仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	街路
	Chaozhou	街路
	Shantou	街路
	Jieyang	街路
Wu	Shanghai	街, 街路
	Suzhou	街
	Wenzhou	街路, 街
Xiang	Changsha	街
Xiang	Shuangfeng	街

Compounds

Descendants

→ Bouyei: gaail
→ White Hmong: kev
→ Zhuang: gai

References

“街”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#街 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
“街”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#街 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#街 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#街 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “街”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “街”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#街 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 296.

Category:Beginning Mandarin#行06 Category:zh:Roads#行06

Japanese

Kanji

街

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#行06 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#行06 Category:Japanese fourth grade kanji#行06 Category:Japanese kyōiku kanji#行06 Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#行06

main street or boulevard

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
街
まち Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 街 read as まち#まち Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#まち Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#まち

For pronunciation and definitions of 街 – see the following entry.

【町まち】1

[noun] a town, a city

[noun] a section of a palace or residence

[noun] a section of buildings

[noun] under the Jōbō system, a section of a castle town

[noun] chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

[noun] chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)

[noun] a section of where someone lives

[noun] a market

[noun] a section of a town or city

[noun] a fortune-telling line or shape carved or drawn on the shell or bones of turtles or deer

[noun] grade, quality

[noun] townspeople

[noun] the exterior of a red-light district

[noun] the interior of a red-light district

[noun] tax

[noun] a subdivision making up a city

[noun] the local government

[noun] (obsolete) a plot (of land)

[noun] (obsolete) a measure (of land)

[proper noun] a surname

[suffix] a machi district (more detailed than 都(と) (-to), 道(どう) (-dō), 府(ふ) (-fu), 県(けん) (-ken))

Alternative spelling
坊

(This term, 街, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#まち Category:Pages with entries#街 Category:Pages with 5 entries#街

Category:Requests for attention concerning Japanese#まち

Derived terms

街(まち)明(あ)かり (machiakari), 街(まち)明(あか)り (machiakari)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
街
がい Grade: 4
kan'yōon

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 街 read as がい#かい'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#かい'Category:Japanese terms read with kan'yōon#かい'

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#まち街 (MC keaj).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡa̠i]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#まち

Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent#まち

References

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

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#街街 (MC kea|keaj). Recorded as Middle Korean 개 (kay) (Yale: kay) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks#街), 1527.Category:Middle Korean hanja#街

Pronunciation

(street; road):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [가]
(in 街道 and 街頭):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠(ː)]Category:Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable#街
- Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)]
  - Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

街

街 (eumhun 거리 가 (geori ga))Category:Korean lemmas#가 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#가 Category:Korean hanja#가 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#가 Category:Pages with entries#街 Category:Pages with 5 entries#街

hanja form^? of 가 (“street; road”)Category:Korean hanja forms#街

Compounds

가각 (街角, gagak)
가곽 (街廓, gagwak)
가도 (街道, gado)
가두 (街頭, gadu)
가등 (街燈, gadeung)
가로 (街路, garo)
가상 (街上, gasang)
가설 (街說, gaseol)
가업 (街業, ga'eop)
가촌 (街村, gachon)
가판 (街販, gapan)
가항 (街巷, gahang)
사가 (四街, saga)
사가 (死街, saga)
상가 (商街, sangga)
시가 (市街, siga)
어가 (御街, eoga)
항가 (港街, hangga)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

街: Hán Nôm readings: nhai, giaiCategory:Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings#行06 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Vietnamese entries#行06 Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant sortkeys#行06

Wikimore

街

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Etymology 1

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Suffix

Derived terms

References

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Compounds

References

Vietnamese

Han character