一丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	丁
いち > いっ Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• (adverb: giving it a shot): (informal) いっちょ (itcho)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっちょー [íꜜtchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [it̚t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)丁(ちょう) • (itchō) 

1. one block, one neighborhood; a section of a city [a. 12th century]
2. (archaic) a unit of distance equal to 60 間 ken, about 109 meters
3. (archaic) a unit of area equal to 10 段 tan, about 9,917 square meters

Adverb

一(いっ)丁(ちょう) • (itchō) ^{←いつちやう (itutyau)?}

1. well; then
2. giving it a shot, one time

   いっちょやってみようか。

   Itcho yattemiyō ka.

   I might as well give it a shot.

References

• “一丁”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026