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Kanji Detail for 丁 - "even number, counter, block"

丁

  • Meaning

    丁 means "even number, counter, block."

    1. Block - A section of a neighborhood.

    2. Even number - In dice games, an even result.

    3. Counter - A unit for counting tofu or pages.

    4. Adult male - A man; a worker.

  • Words using 丁

    • 包丁 ほうちょう Listen kitchen knife
    • 一丁 いっちょう Listen one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
    • 八丁 はっちょう Listen skillfulness
    • 丁目 ちょうめ Listen district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

  • Four-character idioms with 丁

    • 丁寧懇切 ていねいこんせつ Listen kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
    • 丁稚奉公 でっちぼうこう Listen apprenticeship
    • 懇切丁寧 こんせつていねい Listen kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

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    • Verified meaning: even number, counter, block
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あたる, いん, じよん, ちゆん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 丁

    Given names 丁(つよし)Listen 丁(ひのと)Listen

    Surnames 丁(あたる)Listen 丁(いん)Listen 丁(じよん)Listen 丁(ちゆん)Listen 丁(ちょう)Listen 丁(ちょうでい)Listen 丁(ちよん)Listen 丁(てい)Listen 丁(とう)Listen 丁(ももき)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    chi(チ) チ

    chin(チン) チン

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hinoto(ひのと) ひのと

  • Strokes

    tip

    2 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    一 (ichi)

  • Related Keywords

    block even number counter address adult male fire fourth hit order servant south ward street avenue counting district neighborhood precise section unit

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.

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