# 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