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丁

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • street
  • ward
  • town
  • counter for guns
  • tools
  • leaves or cakes of something
  • even number
  • 4th calendar sign

On'yomi (音読み)

  • チョウ
  • テイ
  • チン
  • トウ
  • チ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ひのと
Strokes
2
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#599
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
一#1 · one

Components

Common Words

  • 丁ちょうCounter
    counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins), counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
  • 丁寧ていねいna-adjective
    polite, courteous, civil
  • 包丁ほうちょうNoun
    kitchen knife
  • 装丁そうていNoun
    binding (of a book)
  • 一丁いっちょうNoun
    one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
  • 丁度ちょうどAdverb
    exactly, precisely, just
  • 丁目ちょうめSuffix
    nth district of a town, nth city block
  • 丁重ていちょうna-adjective
    polite, courteous, hospitable

Practice in Kanjiru

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