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コウ//    ちまた////    chimata//

fork in road;  scene;  arena;  theater

Radical: (oneself).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: ハ已井.   Variants: .   Pinyin: xiàng / hàng.   Hangul:  [hang].

Jinmeiyō Kanji.

Example compounds:
コウこうだんkōdan】rumour; rumor; gossip
こうかんkōkan】on the street; around town; the world; the public
こうせつkōsetsu】gossip; talk about town
ちまたちまたchimata】the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); street; location (of a battle, etc.); divide (e.g. between life and death); fork (in a road)
悪のあくのちまたakunochimata】skid row; underworld
Codepoints and classification codes:
5df7Unicode
25-11JIS X 0208
2-4-5SKIP
3k6.17TKD
4471.7Four Corner
1956De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1465Classic Nelson
1543The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
974Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
8756XDaikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 391
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