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{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|type=bw|strokes=7}}
{{stroke order|type=jbw|strokes=7}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=102|rad=田|as=02|sn=7|four=61020|canj=WMN|ids=⿰田丁}}

# a [[raise]]d [[path]] between [[field]]s

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|𬏈}}, {{l|mul|𤨀}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0759.070|dkj=21735|dj=1169.070|hdz=42528.050|uh=753A|ud=30010|bh=CB6D|bd=52077}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|alt=圢}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|田|丁|c1=s|c2=p|t1=field|ls=psc}}

===Pronunciation 1===
{{zh-pron
|m=tǐng
|c=ting2
|mn=ml:théng
|mc=1+3+4
|oc=y,2+3+4
|ma=
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# a [[ridge]] or [[boundary]] between [[field]]s
# a [[field]]

=====Compounds=====
{{col3|zh|町畦|町畽}}

===Pronunciation 2===
{{spelling pronunciation|zh}}, as {{zh-l|丁}}.
{{zh-pron
|m=dīng
|c=ding1
|mn=teng
|mc=
|oc=
|ma=
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# a local administrative unit in Japan (see below)
# character used in placenames

=====Compounds=====
{{col3|zh|西門町|東門町|畹町|歌舞伎町}}

===Pronunciation 3===
{{zh-pron
|m=zhèng
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[plain]]

===Pronunciation 4===
{{zh-pron
|m=tiǎn
|mc=2
|oc=n,1
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-only|町疃}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji}}

# {{sense|まち}} [[town]]
# {{sense|あぜみち}} [[path]] between fields

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=ちょう<ちやう
|kanon=てい
|kun=まち-, あぜみち-
}}<ref>{{R:Kanjipedia|0004781400}}</ref>

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|まち|yomi=k|alt=街}}
From {{inh|ja|ojp|-}}, with the original meaning of "plot of land";<ref name="JDB">{{R:JDB|page=680}}</ref> in turn, likely borrowed from an ancestor to {{cog|okm|맡|t=field}}.<ref name="KJ">{{R:jpx:Vovin 2010|page=192}}</ref>

All Japanese etymological theories base the etymology on the meaning of "town; section of a castle town", typically using {{m|ja|道|tr=chi, michi|t=road}},<ref name="KDJ2O"/> but a Korean borrowing is more plausible given the earlier semantics in Old Japanese.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|まち|acc=o|acc_ref=<ref name="KDJ2O">{{R:Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2 Online|まち 【町・街・坊】|lid=200203f093d8iQ2d4bON|kotobank=町・街・坊}}</ref>,DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|まち}}

# a [[town]], a [[city]]
# a [[section]] of a [[palace]] or [[residence]]
# a section of [[building|buildings]]
# under the Jōbō system, a section of a castle town
# chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
# chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
# a section of where someone lives
# a [[market]]
# a section of a town or city
# a fortune-telling line or shape carved or drawn on the shell or bones of turtles or deer
# [[grade]], [[quality]]
# [[townspeople]]
# the [[exterior]] of a red-light district
# the [[interior]] of a red-light district
# [[tax]]
# a [[subdivision]] making up a city
# the local government
# {{lb|ja|obsolete}} a [[plot]] {{q|of land}}
# {{lb|ja|obsolete}} a [[measure]] {{q|of land}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|まち}}

# {{surname|ja}}

====Suffix====
{{ja-pos|suffix|まち}}

# A [[Machi]] [[district]]; more detailed than [[都]], [[道]], [[府]], [[県]].

====See also====
* {{ja-r|街|まち}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|ちょう|yomi=goon}}

====Suffix====
{{ja-pos|suffix|ちょう|hist=ちやう}}

# A [[Chō]] [[district]]; more detailed than [[市]], [[区]].

===References===
<references/>

{{C|ja|Administrative divisions}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|밭두둑|정}}

# A [[ridge]] between [[field]]s.
# A [[boundary]].

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=đinh, thĩnh|rs=田02}}

# city