Used in addresses and administrative divisions, often as a suffix. Refers to a town or a smaller district within a city.
See also: 町 (まち)
A cho is a type of municipality smaller than a city.
Often used in street names or to refer to a street within a town, especially in historical or formal contexts.
chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Traditional Japanese unit of length. Rare in modern daily use, but may appear in historical or land measurement contexts.
One chō is about 109 meters.
chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
Traditional Japanese unit of area. Rare in modern daily use, but may appear in historical or agricultural contexts.
This rice field is two chō in area.
That town was promoted from village status.
There is a small shop on a street one block off the main road.
The kanji 町 originally referred to a division of land or a path between fields. The reading ちょう is the on'yomi, commonly used in compound words and formal designations.
town councillor; town council member
old town; historic district
town-operated; municipal
hectare (2.471 acres)
townspeople; merchants and artisans; chōnin
both towns
towns and villages; urban area classification
assisting town official (Edo period)
town-operated public housing; municipal housing
town organization; town administration
town area; neighborhood; most specific part of an address
town-owned; municipal
roadside distance marker; chō stone
town road