ちょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちょう – see the following entries.

【挺】J [counter] long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, candles, inksticks 【丁】3 [noun] street, district [noun] even (especially of dice) [noun] (historical) a measure of length approximately 109 meters (also written 町) [counter] counter for long and thin things, e.g. guns, hoes, candles. [counter] counter for foods such as tofu. Alternative spellings 挺, 梃 【兆】4 [numeral] trillion (million million), 1012 【腸】6 [noun] (anatomy) the intestines; the bowels 【鵰】H [noun] eagle 【蝶】J [noun] a butterfly (insect) Alternative spelling チョウ 【超】S [prefix] extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra- [prefix] (slang) super; very 【長】2 [noun] chief, head, leader [noun] strong point [noun] (music) major [proper noun] a surname 【庁】6 [suffix] government office, agency 【朝】2 [noun] the morning [noun] an imperial court [noun] an imperial reign or dynasty [noun] a country governed by a monarch [noun] a bustling place, such as downtown [suffix] dynasty [affix] morning [affix] imperial court [affix] (by extension) Japan [affix] having an audience with the emperor [affix] dynasty, regime [affix] (by extension) epoch, period [affix] Short for 朝鮮 (Chōsen): Korea, specifically short for 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 (Chōsen Minshu Shugi Jinmin Kyōwakoku): Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

(This term, ちょう, is an alternative spelling of the above terms. For a list of all kanji read as ちょう, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちょう.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 梃.)