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しちょう
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
1. men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system)
2. palanquin bearer (Edo period)
when read as "しちょう, じちょう, してい"
Alt. forms
仕
し
丁
ちょう
しちょう
Pitch accent
し
ちょう
Composed of
し
official; civil service
ちょう
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles