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

  • JLPT N1
  • 2 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 一
  • #1312 most frequent

Counting · Counters

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
チョウテイチントウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ひのと

Example words & Vocabulary

丁寧ていねい
polite
包丁ほうちょう
kitchen knife; carving knife
丁目ちょうめ
district of a town, city block (of irregular size)
丁度ちょうど
just; right; exactly
丁々ちょうちょう
clashing of swords; felling of trees; ringing of an ax
庖丁ほうちょう
kitchen knife,carving knife

Example sentences 3

包丁ほうちょうさびがついた

The kitchen knife is rusty.

かれはばか 丁寧ていねいだ。

He is polite to a fault.

包丁ほうちょうがさびてしまった。

The kitchen knife has rusted.