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仕し丁ちょう
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"
Kanji used
仕
serve
丁
street
Pitch accent
し
ちょう
Composed of
official; civil service
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