9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

fork in road, scene, arena, theater

Kun'yomi
  • the public ②street ③location (e.g. of a battle) ④divide (e.g. between life and death)
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ちまた 97.2%
コウ 2.8%

Character Breakdown

fork in road, scene, arena
ちまた コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)

Contained In

Common Words

the public ②street ③location (e.g. of a battle) ④divide (e.g. between life and death)
on the street
narrow, dirty backstreet
street gossips and idle rumors
street gossips and idle rumors
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References

Unicode hex code 5DF7
JIS X 0208 1-25-11
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1465
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1543
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3097
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2162
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 974
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 8756X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k6.17
Four corner code 4471.7
De Roo Code 1956