村むら

Written forms

• 村Usage98%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • むら

    Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.

  • そん
• ムラUsage2%
• むらUsage1%

  Kana spelling used in children's materials or when avoiding kanji.

• そん

Kanji

• 村village, town

Similar words

• 町まち

  町 is a town, larger than a 村 and often more commercial. 村 is a smaller, more rural settlement.

• 市し

  市 is a city, a larger administrative unit than both 村 and 町.

Etymology

The reading むら is native Japanese. The alternate reading そん is a Sino-Japanese reading used in some compound words and administrative contexts.