Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 丁 - "block, even, counter"
丁
- Meaning
丁 means "block, even, counter."
Block - A section of a neighborhood.
Even number - In dice games, an even result.
Counter - A unit for counting tofu or pages.
Adult male - A man; a worker.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Ding
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The fourth position of the Ten Heavenly Stems. | To be in the midst of; to encounter. Being in mourning for parents is called 丁憂. It means being in a time of sorrow. | Population is called 丁. An adult is called 成丁. In Han and Song, men at twenty were considered adults. In Tang, at twenty-one. In Ming and Qing, at sixteen. Under the old system, adults were taxed per capita, called 丁稅. During the Yongzheng reign of Qing, the poll tax was merged into land tax, called 地丁. | Servants are called 丁. Such as 園丁 (gardener), 庖丁 (cook). | 丁丁: The sound of chopping wood. See (Book of Odes).
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords
Sentences including 丁
It's just what i wanted.
I've just been to my uncle's house.
The train has just left.
I was just going to write a letter.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
二｜丁ほど沖へ出ると、先生は後ろを振り返って私に話し掛けた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
賑かな町の方へ一｜丁ほど歩くと、私も散歩がてら雑司ヶ谷へ行ってみる気になった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は露次を抜けたり、横丁を曲ったり、ぐるぐる歩き廻りました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんは私に対するお礼に何かご馳走するといって、木原店という寄席のある狭い横丁へ私を連れ込みました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところが坊さんというものは案外｜丁寧なもので、広い立派な座敷へ私たちを通して、すぐ会ってくれました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
すると老婆は、松の木片を、床板の間に挿して、それから、今まで眺めていた死骸の首に両手をかけると、丁度、猿の親が猿の子の虱をとるように、その長い髪の毛を一本ずつ抜きはじめた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は露次を抜けたり、横丁を曲ったり、ぐるぐる歩き廻りました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんは私に対するお礼に何かご馳走するといって、木原店という寄席のある狭い横丁へ私を連れ込みました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところが坊さんというものは案外｜丁寧なもので、広い立派な座敷へ私たちを通して、すぐ会ってくれました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha