- 丁目 — city district block
- 包丁 — kitchen knife
- 丁度 — exactly, just, precisely
- 丁寧 — polite / careful
- 丁重 — courteous, polite
The character 丁 is simple but versatile. It originally depicted a nail or spike and was later used to mean “fourth” in traditional orderings. It also appears in modern contexts for streets (丁目) and tools (包丁). Its radical 一 connects to the idea of flatness or singularity.
住所は 三丁目です。
The address is in block 3.
彼は 丁寧な話し方をします。
He speaks in a polite manner.