Keyword
street
- ward
- town
- counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something
- even number
- 4th calendar sign
- Frequency
- #1312
- Strokes
- 2
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 95
Readings
チョウ63%
テイ38%
Mnemonic
One flat road runs ahead, then bends down into a hook at the corner, where every street sign in town is nailed to the post.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
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Used in vocabulary
丁
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
Counter
丁
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Counter
丁
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.); fourth sign of the Chinese calendar
Noun
一丁
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task; well then; right
Noun
丁重
polite; courteous; hospitable; respectful; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
Na-adjective
丁半
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
Noun