Kanji 丁 — "Town Block"
Here is what 丁 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Town Block" stick.
How it is read
ちょう, てい, ちん, とう, ち
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ひのと
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Town Block and its component — same idea!
- 丁 Town Block
An intersection in the Town Block. You might not see it, but I want you to imagine there are buildings flanking both sides of the street.
Words that use 丁
4 of 4 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 丁度 ちょうど exactly
- 丁寧 ていねい polite, careful, thorough
- 包丁 ほうちょう kitchen knife, carving knife
- ～丁目 ～ちょうめ ~ district (of a town; city, block)
Want 丁 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
