CHINESE CHARACTER

街 (jiē): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

jiē

street, road, thoroughfare

HSK 312 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

行

Primary radical

行 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 街.

圭

Phonetic component

圭 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 12

Write 街 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 街

街jiē

HSK 3 · street

街道jiēdào

HSK 4 · street; subdistrict; residential district

街头jiētóu

HSK 6 · street

大街小巷dàjiē-xiǎoxiàng

HSK 7-9 · great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

街坊jiēfang

HSK 7-9 · neighborhood; neighbor

临街línjiē

HSK 7-9 · facing the street

Examples using 街

街

他站在街角。

Tā zhàn zài jiē jiǎo。

He was standing at the street corner.

街道

这只狗穿过街道。

Zhè zhī gǒu chuān guò jiē dào。

The dog walked across the street.

街头

汤姆在街头打架中受了伤。

Tāng mǔ zài jiē tóu dǎ jià zhōng shòu le shāng。

Tom was wounded in a street fight.

FAQ

What does 街 (jiē) mean in Chinese?

street, road, thoroughfare

How do you write 街 in stroke order?

街 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 街?

行 is the radical in 街. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 街?

街 (jiē): street; 街道 (jiēdào): street; subdistrict; residential district; 街头 (jiētóu): street.