丁
city block; polite; street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
2 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 1312.
Readings
- チョウ (on reading): 丁目 (ちょうめ) nth district of a town; 丁 (ちょう) counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins)
- テイ (on reading): 丁寧 (ていねい) polite; 丁 (てい) fourth rank
- ひのと (kun reading): 丁卯 (ひのとう) Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047); 丁未 (ひのとひつじ) Fire Sheep (44th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)
- チン (on reading): カンフル丁幾 (カンフルチンキ) tincture of camphor
- トウ (on reading): 丁々 (とうとう) with a chopping sound (of an axe)
- チ (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 丁稚 (でっち) apprentice; 丁稚奉公 (でっちぼうこう) apprenticeship
Components
Kanji containing 丁
- 打 strike
- 町 town
- 可 can
- 庁 government office
- 頂 place on the head
- 灯 lamp
- 亭 pavilion
- 訂 revise
- 寧 rather
- 釘 nail
- 叮 courtesy
- 汀 water's edge
- 甼 town
- 疔 carbuncle
- 酊 intoxication
Words using 丁
- 丁目 (ちょうめ) nth district of a town
- 丁 (ちょう) counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins)
- 包丁 (ほうちょう) kitchen knife
- 横丁 (よこちょう) bystreet
- 一丁 (いっちょう) one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
- 丁寧 (ていねい) polite
- 丁 (てい) fourth rank
- 装丁 (そうてい) binding (of a book)
- 丁重 (ていちょう) polite
- 丁字 (ていじ) letter "T"
- 丁卯 (ひのとう) Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
- 丁未 (ひのとひつじ) Fire Sheep (44th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)
- 丁酉 (ひのととり) Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
- 丁巳 (ひのとみ) Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
- 丁丑 (ひのとのうし) Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)
- 丁稚 (でっち) apprentice
- 丁稚奉公 (でっちぼうこう) apprenticeship
- カンフル丁幾 (カンフルチンキ) tincture of camphor
- 丁々 (とうとう) with a chopping sound (of an axe)
- 紫丁香花 (むらさきはしどい) lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
- 宮保鶏丁 (ゴンバオジーディン) Kung Pao chicken
123 words in all.