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丁 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 丁 意味

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

丁 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

ひのと hinoto

KUNYOMI 訓読み

チョウ chou
テイ tei
チン chin
トウ tou
チ chi

Examples

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.
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.

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