JLPT N1 · 2 strokes
Kanji 丁: "street, ward, town"
The kanji 丁 means "street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign". It is written with 2 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read チョウ, テイ, チン, トウ, チ in on'yomi and ひのと in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウテイチントウチ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひのと
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 2 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 1312 of 2,501 |
Common words with 丁
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 丁度exactly; precisely; just; right · just (like); as if; as though
- 丁寧polite; courteous; civil · careful; close; thorough; conscientious
- 包丁kitchen knife · cooking; food
- 丁重polite; courteous; hospitable
- ご丁寧polite; courteous; civil · careful; close; thorough; conscientious
- 丁目district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
- 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
- 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
- 一丁one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style) · one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
- 装丁binding (of a book) · design (of a book cover)
- 懇切丁寧kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
- 丁fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.) · fourth sign of the Chinese calendar
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