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Kanji Detail for 巷 - "fork in road, scene, arena, theater"
巷
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Meaning
巷 means "fork in road, scene, arena, theater."
Lane - A small road in a town or village.
Town - The streets; society; the public.
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Four-character idioms with 巷
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柳巷花街
りゅうこうかがい
red-light district; pleasure quarter
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街談巷語
がいだんこうご
street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
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街談巷説
がいだんこうせつ
street gossips and idle rumors
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柳巷花街
りゅうこうかがい
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Tattoo check: 巷
- Verified meaning: fork in road, scene, arena, theater
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read こう, つじ)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 巷
Given names 巷(こう)
Surnames 巷(つじ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fork in road; scene; arena; theater
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
alley, lane
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
lane; alley
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
alley, lane
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A lane within a village. Straight ones are called 街; winding ones are called 巷. Now, larger ones are 街; smaller ones are 巷.
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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