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"
Kanji used
white
street
Pitch accent
くちょう
くちょ
Composed of
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
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。