The kanji 丁: meaning, readings and stroke order

丁

Meaning: town block, polite
On reading: チョウ chou、テイ tei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 2
Radical: 一 one
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khu phố, lịch sự (đinh)
Japanese: まちのくぎり。ていねい。
Korean: 구역, 정중함 (정)
Chinese: 街区、恭敬

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading

三さん丁ちょう目め
block 3 (part of a Japanese address)
三さん丁ちょう目めにすんでいます。
I live in Block 3.

テイ tei · on reading · less common

丁てい重ちょう
very polite
丁てい重ちょうにお礼を言います。
I thank them very politely.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.