• 丁目ちょうめ — city district block
• 包丁ほうちょう — kitchen knife
• 落丁らくちょう — missing page (in a book)
• 乱丁らんちょう — page order error
• 丁寧ていねい — polite / careful
• 丁字路ていじろ — T-junction

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.

住所じゅうしょは 三丁目さんちょうめです。
The address is in block 3.

彼かれは 丁寧ていねいな話はなし方かたをします。
He speaks in a polite manner.

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