四丁

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
四	丁
し Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
征 翅鳥 止鳥

丁(ちょう) (chō) is an archaic unit of length, roughly 100 meters. Thus this word literally means "400 meters", because Go stones can run across a long distance on the board in this situation.

Noun

四(し)丁(ちょう) • (shichō) 

1. (go) ladder