丁 – street, ward, town

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The kanji 丁 means street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ、テイ、チン、トウ、チ (chou, tei, chin, tou, chi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひのと (hinoto). It is written with 2 strokes, under radical 一 (no. 1).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
On’yomi	テイ	tei
On’yomi	チン	chin
On’yomi	トウ	tou
On’yomi	チ	chi
Kun’yomi	ひのと	hinoto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 一 (Kangxi radical 1). Components: 一・亅.

Words using 丁

丁度ちょうどexactly丁寧ていねいpolite丁目ちょうめnth district of a town包丁ほうちょうkitchen knife

Example sentences

４０丁目で車を降りた。

I got out of the car at 40th Street.

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子供に包丁をいたずらさせてはダメだよ。

Don't let your boy play with a knife.

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Kanji with the same radical

一三上下不七世両与万並丈丘且

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