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はくちょう
Archaic
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
1. young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training
2. man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner
3. servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master
when read as "はくちょう"
Alt. forms
白
はく
丁
ちょう
白
はく
張
ちょう
はくちょう
Pitch accent
は
くちょう
は
くちょ
う
Composed of
はく
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles;
(arch.)
white person
ちょう
① 尺貫法における距離の単位。町。1丁=60間=約109メートル。② 尺貫法における面積の単位。町。1丁=10段=3000歩=約99アール。③ 賽の目で偶数。④ （古）（副詞的に）ちょうど。まさに。