～町

～ちょう · ～chou · JLPT N4 · noun

the town of ~

🏘️ 町 = rice field 田 + street block 丁: fields and streets make a town

As a suffix, 町 reads chou and follows a place name, like a label saying the town of X. The right half 丁 also reads chou, so it gives you the sound; the left half 田 means rice field, giving the sense of settled land.

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