# 街 — street; district

街 means “street; district”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ガイ (gai), カイ (kai). Kun'yomi: まち (machi). You'll see it in words such as 街 (gai, “street; quarter”).

- Meaning: street; district
- On'yomi: ガイ (gai), カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi: まち (machi)
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 街

Parts: 行 go · 圭 jade tablet

## Words with 街

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 街 | がい (gai) | street; quarter |
| ウォール街 | ウォールがい (woorugai) | Wall Street |

## Don't confuse it with

[待](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/wait/) · [徒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/follower/) · [桁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/beam/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[邦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-country/) · [塚](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/burial-mound/) · [街](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/street/) · [跡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/traces/) · [郡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/county/) · [郷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-town/) · [里](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-village/) · [堀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/moat/) · [岳](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peak/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/street/. Last updated 2026-11-01.