丁
丁 — Street
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
On’yomiテイ (tei)
On’yomiチン (chin)
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiひのと (hinoto)
Stroke order (2 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 丁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁寧 | ていねい teinei | polite; courteous; civil |
| 包丁 | ほうちょう houchou | kitchen knife; cooking; food |
| 装丁 | そうてい soutei | binding (of a book); design (of a book cover) |
| 一丁 | いっちょう icchou | one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant) |
| 丁重 | ていちょう teichou | polite; courteous; hospitable |
| 丁度 | ちょうど choudo | exactly; precisely; just |
Study notes
丁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 2 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1312 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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