丁

ちょう

Also written 挺, 梃

Meanings

1. 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

Kanji

• 丁 city block. Read as チョウ.

Example sentences

• 私が見つけたのは１丁のハサミだけだった。
  I found nothing but a pair of scissors.

Words containing 丁

• 丁目 (ちょうめ) nth district of a town
• 包丁 (ほうちょう) kitchen knife
• 横丁 (よこちょう) bystreet

And 71 more.

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