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Meaning of 丁(ちょう) in Japanese

丁
Kana Reading
ちょう
Romaji
chō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    counter
    Meaning
    counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
    Example sentence
    私が見つけたのは１丁のハサミだけだった。 I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
    Example sentence
    合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。 In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    even number
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    109.09 m

Examples of 丁, ちょう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

丁 JLPT 1

2 strokes

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

On'Yomi: チョウ, テイ, チン, トウ, チ

Kun'Yomi: ひのと

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