丁

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チチョウチンテイトウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ひのと

Stroke Order

2 / 2

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:2

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1312

Vocabulary

チョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
丁度	チョウド	exactly; precisely; just; right; opportunely; fortunately; just (like); as if; as though
包丁	ホウチョウ	kitchen knife; cooking; food
丁字	チョウジ	clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
丁字	チョウジ	clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
丁数	チョウスウ	number of leaves (in a book, esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); number of sheets; even number

チン

Word	Reading	Meaning
丁幾	チンキ	tincture
樟脳丁幾	ショウノウチンキ	tincture of camphor
規那丁幾	キナチンキ	tincture of cinchona
苦味丁幾	クミチンキ	bitter tincture

テイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
丁寧	テイネイ	polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough; conscientious
装丁	ソウテイ	binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
丁重	テイチョウ	polite; courteous; hospitable
使丁	シテイ	servant; janitor; messenger
丁字	テイジ	letter "T"; T-shaped

トウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
丁丁	トウトウ	with a chopping sound (of an axe); with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一丁	いっちょう	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
丁目	ちょうめ	district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
八丁	はっちょう	skillfulness
拉丁語	ラテンご	Latin (language)
丁	ちょう	counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

genius, years old, cubic shaku

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small

two, two radical (no. 7)

one, one radical (no.1)

publish, carve, engrave

government office

adhere, attach, refer to, append

pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of