# 街

| 街 | U+8857, &#34903; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8857 |
| ← 衖 [U+8856] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 衘 → [U+8858] |

## Translingual
### Han character

街 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土土弓 (HOGGN), four-corner 2110$_4$, composition ⿴行圭 or ⿲彳圭亍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34051
* Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 16
* Unihan data for U+8857

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreː, *kreː): semantic 行 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character and 厓 either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-wa (“village”) (STEDT); see 里 (OC *rɯʔ, “village”) for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiē (jie$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gai$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гэ (ge, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiê / kiâi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gê$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jie$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gái
* Eastern Min (BUC): gă̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koe / ke / kere / kai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): goi$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ka
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jie
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^1$
*** Yale: jyē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gai$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gai
*** Sinological IPA : /kai⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гэ (ge, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^1$
*** Yale: gāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯e²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâi
*** Hakka Romanization System: giai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ke⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gái
*** Sinological IPA : /kai⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Klang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe
*** Tâi-lô: kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koef
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Lukang, Klang): /kue³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun, Changtai, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore): /kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke
*** Tâi-lô: ke
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kef
*** IPA (Penang): /ke³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ke⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /kiei⁵⁵/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kere
*** Tâi-lô: kere
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Hui'an, Yongchun)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai
*** Tâi-lô: kai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kay
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /kai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /kai³³/
* koe/ke/kere - vernacular;
* kai - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit街 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kai⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕie²¹/ /kai²¹/ 老 |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kɛ⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕie⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kai⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kæ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕie̞²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕie¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕie̞¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕie³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ka⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kɑ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕie̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ka³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ka³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ka¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kai³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kai⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ke⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ke²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kai⁵⁵/ /kue⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kai⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /koi³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kɔi²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: kea, keaj
Rime :
| Character | 街 | 街 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 古膎切 | 古諧切 |
| Baxter | kea | keaj |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛ/ | /kˠɛi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæ/ | /kᵚæi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæi/ | /kɐi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨj/ | /kəɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛ/ | /kɛi/ |
| Wang Li | /kai/ | /kɐi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kai/ | /kăi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiā | jiē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^1$ | gaai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤre/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 街 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁre/ |
| English | road-crossing |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 街 | 街 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4527 | 4532 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 皆 | 佳 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreː/ | /*kreː/ |
| Notes | 本音佳 | |

### Definitions

街
* (countable) street (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
    街景 ― jiējǐng ― street scene
    地下街 ― dìxiàjiē ― underground street
       haang$^4$ lok$^6$ loeng$^5$ tiu$^4$ gaai$^1$ daai$^6$ baa$^2$ je$^5$ sik$^6$. [Jyutping]
       If you walk two blocks down the street, there will be a lot to eat.
* market; fair
* Short for 街道 (jiēdào, “subdistrict”).
    新港街 ― Xīngǎng Jiē ― Xingang Subdistrict
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) distance; margin (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    贏九條街／赢九条街 [Cantonese] ― jeng$^4$ gau$^2$ tiu$^4$ gaai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to win by a large margin (literally, “to win with a distance of nine street blocks”)
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) outside; the public
    街外人 [Cantonese] ― gaai$^1$ ngoi$^6$ jan$^4$ [Jyutping] ― outsider
    街症 [Cantonese] ― gaai$^1$ zing$^3$ [Jyutping] ― outpatient clinic
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 街, 街道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 街 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 街 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 街 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 街 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 街, 街道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 街, 街道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 街, 街道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 街 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 街 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 街 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 街 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 街 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 街 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 街, 街巷 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 街 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 街, 街路 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 街 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 街 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 街墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 街 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 街路, 街仔路, 街仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 街路 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 街路 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 街, 街路 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 街 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 街路, 街 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 街 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 街 |

### Compounds

* 一街兩巷 / 一街两巷
* 上街 (shàngjiē)
* 三街六巷
* 三街六市
* 串街
* 倒街臥巷 / 倒街卧巷
* 六街
* 六街三市
* 前街後巷 / 前街后巷
* 十字街 (shízìjiē)
* 十字街頭 / 十字街头
* 南街 (Nánjiē)
* 叫街
* 唐人街 (tángrénjiē)
* 唐寧街 / 唐宁街 (Tángníng Jiē)
* 四平街 (Sìpíngjiē)
* 地下街 (dìxiàjiē)
* 填街塞巷
* 大街 (dàjiē)
* 大街小巷 (dàjiēxiǎoxiàng)
* 天街
* 失街亭
* 官街
* 對街 / 对街
* 屯街塞巷
* 巷尾街頭 / 巷尾街头
* 巷議街談 / 巷议街谈
* 巷議街譚 / 巷议街谭
* 市街
* 後巷前街 / 后巷前街
* 後街 / 后街
* 扒街淘空
* 打街罵巷 / 打街骂巷
* 把街
* 拽巷攞街 / 拽巷𫽋街
* 拽巷邏街 / 拽巷逻街
* 掃街 / 扫街 (sǎojiē)
* 掃街機 / 扫街机
* 搠筆巡街 / 搠笔巡街
* 新街 (Xīnjiē)
* 日轉千街 / 日转千街
* 柳巷花街
* 柳陌花街
* 槁街
* 沿街 (yánjiē)
* 河街 (Héjiē)
* 流落街頭 / 流落街头
* 滿市街 / 满市街
* 滿街 / 满街 (mǎnjiē)
* 當街 / 当街 (dāngjiē)
* 盤街 / 盘街
* 站街 (zhànjiē)
* 籠街喝道 / 笼街喝道
* 罵街 / 骂街 (màjiē)
* 老街 (lǎojiē)
* 老街坊
* 老街舊鄰 / 老街旧邻
* 老鼠過街 / 老鼠过街
* 臨街 / 临街 (línjiē)
* 臭街爛巷 / 臭街烂巷
* 舊街 / 旧街 (Jiùjiē)
* 花街 (huājiē)
* 花街柳巷
* 花街柳陌
* 華爾街 / 华尔街 (Huá'ěrjiē)
* 街上 (jiēshang)
* 街仔 (ke-á)
* 街卒
* 街口 (jiēkǒu)
* 街名
* 街坊
* 街坊鄰居 / 街坊邻居
* 街坊鄰舍 / 街坊邻舍
* 街壘 / 街垒
* 街官
* 街巷 (jiēxiàng)
* 街巷阡陌
* 街市 (jiēshì)
* 街心
* 街河市 (Jiēhéshì)
* 街溜子
* 街燈 / 街灯 (jiēdēng)
* 街舞 (jiēwǔ)
* 街號巷哭 / 街号巷哭
* 街衢
* 街角 (jiējiǎo)
* 街談巷說 / 街谈巷说 (jiētánxiàngshuō)
* 街談巷語 / 街谈巷语
* 街談巷議 / 街谈巷议 (jiētánxiàngyì)
* 街道 (jiēdào)
* 街邏 / 街逻
* 街里街坊
* 街門 / 街门 (jiēmén)
* 街面兒 / 街面儿
* 街頭 / 街头 (jiētóu)
* 街頭劇 / 街头剧
* 街頭小報 / 街头小报
* 街頭巷尾 / 街头巷尾 (jiētóuxiàngwěi)
* 街頭巷語 / 街头巷语
* 街頭市尾 / 街头市尾
* 街頭運動 / 街头运动
* 街鼓
* 跑街
* 踅街 (se̍h-ke) (Min Nan)
* 迪化街
* 逛街 (guàngjiē)
* 遊街 / 游街 (yóujiē)
* 過街樓 / 过街楼
* 過街老鼠 / 过街老鼠 (guòjiē lǎoshǔ)
* 銅街 / 铜街
* 闌街 / 阑街
* 阻街女郎
* 電子街 / 电子街
* 電影街 / 电影街
* 順城街 / 顺城街
* 高湖街 (Gāohújiē)

### Descendants

* → Bouyei: gaail
* → White Hmong: kev
* → Zhuang: gai

### References

* “街”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “街”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* main street or boulevard

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
* Kun: まち (machi, 街, Jōyō)

### Pronunciation 1

* (Tokyo) まち [màchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [ma̠t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

街(まち) • (machi)
* Alternative spelling of 町

##### Derived terms

* 街(まち)明(あ)かり (machiakari), 街(まち)明(あか)り (machiakari)

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: [ɡa̠i]

#### Suffix

街(がい) • (-gai)
* town, district, area

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 街 (MC kea|keaj). Recorded as Middle Korean 개 (kay) (Yale: kay) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (street; road):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠]
** Phonetic hangul: [가]
* (in 街道 and 街頭):
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠(ː)]
** Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)]
*** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 街 (eumhun 거리 가 (geori ga))
* hanja form of 가 (“street; road”)

#### Compounds

* 가각 (街角, gagak)
* 가곽 (街廓, gagwak)
* 가도 (街道, gado)
* 가두 (街頭, gadu)
* 가등 (街燈, gadeung)
* 가로 (街路, garo)
* 가상 (街上, gasang)
* 가설 (街說, gaseol)
* 가업 (街業, ga'eop)
* 가촌 (街村, gachon)
* 가판 (街販, gapan)
* 가항 (街巷, gahang)
* 사가 (四街, saga)
* 사가 (死街, saga)
* 상가 (商街, sangga)
* 시가 (市街, siga)
* 어가 (御街, eoga)
* 항가 (港街, hangga)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

街: Hán Nôm readings: nhai
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