Word Meaning 一丁

いっちょう icchou

一丁 is read as いっちょう (icchou) and means one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m).

Meaning

English

  1. one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m)
  2. one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
  3. one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar)
  4. one block of tofu
  5. one serving (in a restaurant)
  6. one game
  7. one task
  8. well then

Reading

Kana

いっちょう

Romaji

icchou

Writing Variants

  • 一挺 いっちょう icchou
  • 一梃 いっちょう icchou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 3 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14197 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一丁前

いっちょまえ

adult

一丁上がり

いっちょあがり

problem solved

一丁字

いっていじ

single letter

一丁羅

いっちょうら

one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.)

パンツ一丁

ぱんついっちょう

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

豆腐一丁

とうふいっちょう

one cake of bean curd

褌一丁

ふんどしいっちょう

(wearing) a loincloth alone

目に一丁字なし

めにいっていじなし

completely illiterate

一応

いちおう

just in case

一生懸命

いっしょうけんめい

very hard

一致

いっち

union

Example Sentences

2

I want a knife.

Tom was naked except for a loincloth.