丁

丁 U+4E01, 丁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E01 ← 一 [U+4E00] CJK Unified Ideographs 丂 → [U+4E02]

Stroke order

Stroke order

丁 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一弓 (MN), four-corner 1020₀, composition ⿱一亅)

• 仃, 㓅, 叮, 圢, 奵, 帄, 㣔, 忊, 打, 汀, 𭷸, 䦺, 朾, 灯, 玎, 町, 盯, 矴, 糽, 耓, 耵, 虰, 訂(订), 䟓, 酊, 釘(钉), 𠁂, 靪, 飣(饤), 䰳
• 𫞻, 邒, 𤆉, 㼗, 𠀲, 頂(顶), 𩾚, 亍, 宁, 𥫙, 艼, 甼, 䆑, 亭, 𠅘, 㸘, 寕, 閅, 寧, 厅, 庁, 疔, 㐉, 可, 𭴀, 于, 𣑥, 𤡛, 𥢃, 𬻄

• Kangxi Dictionary: 丁部/二畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 75, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2
• Dae Jaweon: page 135, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 2, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E01

simp. and trad.		丁
alternative forms		𠆤

Pictogram (象形) – different theories exist:

• the head of a nail. The derivative 釘 is now used to represent this sense. This interpretation was formulated by Liu Xinyuan (劉心源), Lin Yiguang (林義光), and Wu Qichang (吳其昌).
• a head. The derivative 天 and 頂 is now used to represent this sense. Characters like 元 contain it as a semantic component. This is interpretation was formulated by Gao Hongjin (高鴻縉) and could be linked to the first interpretation ("head of a nail").
• a city wall. In ancient China, city walls were square-shaped. The derivative 成 and later 城 is now used to represent this sense. The character 正／征 contains it as a semantic component (but in 邑, the top component is 囗, not 丁). This interpretation was formulated by He Linyi (何琳儀).

See also 旦.

丁

1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth; D

   丁烷  ―  dīngwán  ―  butane (fourth alkane)

3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man

   壯丁／壮丁  ―  zhuàngdīng  ―  able-bodied man

5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family

   人丁  ―  réndīng  ―  person

6. small cube

   肉丁  ―  ròudīng  ―  pork cubes

7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 出前一丁 (“Demae Itcho”), a type of instant noodles.

   撈丁／捞丁 [Cantonese]  ―  lou¹ ding¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. a surname

   丁肇中  ―  Dīng Zhàozhōng  ―  Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)

   • 「他總仍舊是偷。這一回，是自己發昏，竟偷到丁舉人家裡去了。他家的東西，偷得的麼？」 [MSC, trad.]
     「他总仍旧是偷。这一回，是自己发昏，竟偷到丁举人家里去了。他家的东西，偷得的么？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1919, Lu Xun, 孔乙己 (Kung I-chi)

     “tā zǒng réngjiù shì tōu. Zhè yī huí, shì zìjǐ fāhūn, jìng tōu dào Dīng jǔrén jiā lǐ qù le. Tā jiā de dōngxi, tōu de de me?” [Pinyin]

     "He was stealing again. This time he was fool enough to steal from Mr. Ting, the provincial scholar! As if anybody could get away with that!"

• (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

• → Zhuang: ding

丁

1. only used in 丁丁 (zhēngzhēng)

From the orthographic similarity of J (zei¹, “penis”), an initialism of jer (zoe¹, “penis”), which is a romanisation of 脧 (zoe¹).

丁

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, euphemistic) penis (Classifier: 條／条)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 叮 (“to sting; to bite; to advise; to urge; to repeat what one says to make sure; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 叮).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 盯 (“to gaze upon; to keep eyes on; to stare at”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 盯).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 釘 (“gold slab; nail; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 釘).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

For pronunciation and definitions of 丁 – see 靪 (“to resole a shoe; patch; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 靪).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• “丁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00002
• “丁”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “丁”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 274.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. leaf, block, classifier for cake
2. something D
   1. fourth in rank
3. street
4. even

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)^{←てい (tei, historical)}
• Kun: ひのと (hinoto, 丁)、あたる (ataru, 丁たる)

As in the onomatopoeia 丁丁:

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

• 一丁(いっちょう) (itchō)
• 丁度(ちょうど) (chōdo, “just”)
• 丁重(ていちょう) (teichō)
• 丁寧(ていねい) (teinei)
• 符(ふ)丁(ちょう) (fuchō)
• 庖丁(ほうちょう), 包丁(ほうちょう) (hōchō)

Kanji in this term
丁
てい Grade: 3
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 丁 (teng).

• (Tokyo) てー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

丁(てい) • (Tei) 

1. fourth of the Ten Heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

2. fourth in rank
   1. something D

Kanji in this term
丁
ちょう Grade: 3
goon

• (Tokyo) ちょー [chóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ː]

丁(ちょう) • (chō) 

1. street, district

   北八番(きたはちばん)丁(ちょう)

   kita-hachiban-chō

   northern eighth district

   ぶらくり丁(ちょう)

   burakuri-chō

   Burakuri street

3. even (especially of dice)

   Antonym: 半 (han)

   丁(ちょう)か半(はん)か

   chō ka han ka

   even or odd

4. (historical) a measure of length approximately 109 meters (also written 町)

Kanji in this term
丁
ちょう Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spellings
挺 梃

From Middle Chinese 挺 (MC deng|dengX). 丁 is a daiyōji replacing 挺.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ː]

丁(ちょう) • (-chō) 

1. counter for long and thin things, e.g. guns, hoes, candles.

   二(に)丁(ちょう)の拳(けん)銃(じゅう)

   nichō no kenjū

   two pistols

2. counter for foods such as tofu.

Kanji in this term
丁
ひのと Grade: 3
kun'yomi

火 (hi, “fire”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 弟 (oto, “younger brother”)

• (Tokyo) ひのと [hìnóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ひのと [hìnótó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çino̞to̞]

丁(ひのと) • (Hinoto) 

1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

From Middle Chinese 丁 (MC teng). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎌ᇰ (tyeng) (Yale: tyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource

丁 (eumhun 넷째 천간(天干) 정)
丁 (eumhun 고무래 정 (gomurae jeong))
丁 (eumhun 장정 정 (jangjeong jeong))

1. hanja form^? of 정 (“the fourth of the ten heavenly stems; something D”)
2. hanja form^? of 정 (“male adult; man”)
3. hanja form^? of 정 (“a surname”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丁

丁: Hán Việt readings: đinh (當(đáng)經(kinh)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
丁: Nôm readings: đứa^{[1][2][3][6][5][7]}, đinh^[1][2][4][7], đềnh^[1], tênh^[2], tranh^[2], đĩnh^[3]

1. chữ Hán form of Đinh (“fourth of the ten heavenly stems”)

   Hypernyms: 天干, 十干

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

2. chữ Hán form of Đinh (“a surname”)

   丁部領 ― Đinh Bộ Lĩnh

3. chữ Nôm form of đứa (“indicates young person, child or inferior person”)