市 = 亠 + 巾

市 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “market”. It is built from 亠 (lid) and 巾 (towel). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 440. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: market
RTK frame: 440
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): いち
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: рынок, city
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 市 market

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 市

How to find 市 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lid” + “towel”. 市 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 市 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.