Someone please explain to me why "古い町" is ふるいまち instead of ふるいちょう. I don't get it. - Feed Post by KurisuKei

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  mogmog

  古い町 ->ふるいまち　　an old town　ですね。　町（ちょう）is for a name of the place or address. For example, 神田神保町（かんだじんぽうちょう）、神奈川県川崎市◯◯町（ちょう）etc

  June 8, 2014 at 1:47am
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  Mu5ic_Fantasy

  Kanji has 2 different ways to be read. The onyomi (Chinese "sound reading") and Kunyomi. In this case ちょう is the Onyomi of 町. Onyomi is used when the kanji is just by itself without hiragana beside it. And Kunyomi (まち) is used when there is hiragana with it such as 古い町. But this isn't always the case, you'll just have to keep studying and learn as you go. Kanji is a difficult subject but I hope this helped :)

  June 10, 2014 at 1:29am
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  Mu5ic_Fantasy

  Also the onyomi is used when there are multiple kanji's as in mogmog-san's example ^^

  June 10, 2014 at 1:36am