漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
丁: street, ward
Also: town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
JLPT N12 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
一 carries the meaning · 亅 is drawn in
2 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 丁ちょうcounter for guns and tofu
- 丁度ちょうどjust, right, exactly
- 丁々発止ちょうちょうはっしcrossing of swords, argument
- 包丁ほうちょうkitchen knife, carving knife
- 落丁らくちょうmissing pages
- 二丁目にちょうめ2-choume (in address)
- 豆腐一丁とうふいっちょうone cake of tofu
- 拳銃二丁けんじゅうにちょうtwo pistols
テイtei · on'yomi
- 丁寧なていねいなpolite, courteous, careful
- 丁重なていちょうなpolite, courteous
Also read チン, トウ, チ, ひのと, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
丁 gives its sound to
The family reading is チョウ (chou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Also read チン
10 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dīng
Same form: 丁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 丁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 丁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dīng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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