街 shopping district

(goleft) + (termite mound) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
12 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

GAI

Mnemonic

Let's go shopping with the GUYS in the shopping district inside the termite mound.

Jukugo

商店街(しょうてんがい)

shopping district. ★★★★☆
商 (merchandise) + 店 (shop) + 街 (shopping district) = 商店街 (shopping district.)

shopping district. Not quite a mall, but a street with a tin roof, and all the shops are decorated similarly.Like all the stores on that street formed a kind of merchants' association and tried to give their street some atmosphere.

街道(かいどう)

Highway ★☆☆☆☆
街 (shopping district) + 道 (street) = 街道 (Highway)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
掛 hang / halfway done HAND 手
衝 collision HEAVY 重
街 shopping district TERMITE HILL
術 art / technique WOOD 木

Hang something with your HAND from a windowsill!

Colliding with a HEAVY thing is painful.

A shopping district as busy as a TERMITE HILL.

Technique of chopping WOOD fast is a skill.

Synonyms

prostitute
売春婦    街娼    花魁   
road
道路    通り    街道    道