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丁
On'yomi
チョウ・テイ・チン・トウ・チ
CHOU / TEI / CHIN / TOU / CHI
Kun'yomi
ひのと
hinoto
street · ward · town · counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something · even number · 4th calendar sign
powerful
Details
Strokes2
Frequency#1312
Radical一one(1)
Stroke Order
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Strokes2
Component Breakdown
丁=
一亅
one + 亅
Cultural Context
Etymology
Shape of nail head. Nail.
Symbolism
Polite, kitchen knife, block. Represents nail.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Under a great tree
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
丁稚奉公
でっちぼうこう
apprenticeship; apprenticeship
懇切丁寧
こんせつていねい
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous; kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)
丁々発止
ちょうちょうはっし
with (the sound of) clashing swords; (arguing) fiercely; heatedly; with (the sound of) clashing swords
丁寧懇切
ていねいこんせつ
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous; kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)
丁か半か
ちょうかはんか
Odd or even; A fifty-fifty chance with unpredictable outcome