巷

common

コウ//    ちまた////    chimata//

fork in road;  scene;  arena;  theater

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

Jinmeiyō Kanji.

Example compounds:
コウ巷談【こうだんkōdan】rumour; rumor; gossip
巷間【こうかんkōkan】on the street; around town; the world; the public
巷説【こうせつkōsetsu】gossip; talk about town
ちまた巷【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)
悪の巷【あくのちまたakunochimata】skid row; underworld
Codepoints and classification codes:
5df7–Unicode
25-11–JIS X 0208
2-4-5–SKIP
3k6.17–TKD
4471.7–Four Corner
1956–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1465–Classic Nelson
1543–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
974–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
8756X–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 391
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