Kanji

丁

street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

2 strokes

Radical

一部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チョウ, テイ, チン, トウ, チ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひのと

Nanori (Name Reading)

あたる, あつ, つよし, のり, ひのと, よぼろ

Common Readings

チョウ, テイ

Example sentences

丁寧 ていねい
壊れやすいので、丁寧に扱ってください。

Please handle it carefully as it is fragile.

納得 なっとく
彼の丁寧な説明を聞いて、ようやく納得がいった。

After hearing his polite explanation, I finally understood.

包丁 ほうちょう
母はよく切れる包丁で野菜を刻んだ。

My mother chopped the vegetables with a sharp kitchen knife.

切る きる
包丁で野菜を切る。

Cut vegetables with a kitchen knife.

加減 かげん
お風呂の温度を丁度よく加減してください。

Please adjust the bath temperature to just the right level.

丁重 ていちょう
彼は客人を丁重にもてなした。

He treated the guest with great courtesy.

ご丁寧 ごていねい
ご丁寧に案内していただき、ありがとうございます。

Thank you for your polite guidance.

丁度いい ちょうどいい
このサイズは私に丁度いいです。

This size is just right for me.

丁目 ちょうめ
このカフェは、銀座四丁目にあります。

This cafe is in Ginza 4-chome.

丁 ちょう
夕食の鍋のために豆腐を一丁買った。

I bought one block of tofu for the hot pot at dinner.

Example Vocabulary

丁寧

ていねい

polite; courteous; careful; thorough

包丁

ほうちょう

kitchen knife

丁度

ちょうど

exactly; just; right

丁重

ていちょう

polite; courteous; respectful

ご丁寧

ごていねい

polite, courteous, conscientious

丁度いい

ちょうどいい

just right; perfect; ideal

丁度良い

ちょうどいい

丁目

ちょうめ

district of a town; city block

丁

ちょう

counter for tofu, servings, pages, and some long objects; also an even number in dice games

一丁

いっちょう

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