# 丁 — Street

Frequency rank 1020 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 冬 (Winter), less common than 荒 (Wild).

- On’yomi: ちょう、てい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 一 One (Kangxi 1)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The character 丁 (street) looks like a T-intersection — a straight road meeting a cross street, forming a perfect T-shaped junction.

In words:

- 丁寧 ていねい — polite
- 丁々 とうとう — clashing of swords;felling of trees;ringing of an ax
- 丁目 ちょうめ — district of a town;city block (of irregular size)

[Study 丁](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E4%B8%81)

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