[丁] Handwritten Kanji for block and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “丁” (chou); Kanji for “block”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “丁” (chou)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “丁”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
丁	チョウ テイ	chou tei	2	一	block

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “丁”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
豆腐一丁	とうふいっちょう	toufu icchou	One cake of tofu (Chou is a unit to count Tofu)
三丁目	さんちょうめ	sanchoume	San-chome (address)
丁寧に教える	ていねいにおしえる	teinei ni oshieru	To teach kindly