Entry
  1. Noun

    hinge

    esp. 丁番 in the construction industry

    彼は門をちょうつがいで取り付けた。
    He hung the gate on hinges.
  2. joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

Also written 丁番【ちょうばん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

butterfly

On
チョウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2011 of 2500
Radical
insect
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (22)
CodeReference
1-6-9, 1-6-8SKIP code
6d9.7The Kanji Dictionary
5419.4Four corner code
8776Unicode hex code
1-36-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4171Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5363New Nelson (John Haig)
1401New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
946Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
560Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2495Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1970Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
33333Morohashi
2236Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
527Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
die2Pinyin reading
jeobKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Kun
つが.い
On
バン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
348 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-7-5, 2-1-11, 4-11-3SKIP code
5f7.4The Kanji Dictionary
2060.9Four corner code
2276deroo
756aUnicode hex code
1-40-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4811Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3762New Nelson (John Haig)
2748New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3416Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1761Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2396Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1909Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2058Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
323A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1773Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
257Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21858Morohashi
196A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
185Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
185Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
306sakade
745Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
215henshall3
222Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
551Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
1345Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1928Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan1, pan1Pinyin reading
beon, banKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level