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JLPT N1 SL3 11 strokes Frequency: #160

Meanings

No., Residence

Radicals

⺮

Decomposition

⿱⺮弟

Etymology

Ideographic: Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 horizontal left-to-right

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 corner bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テイ tei

ダイ dai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

219 words total

Other (20 words)

第一条件だいいちじょうけん

most important condition (for)

第一感だいいっかん

first impression

面目次第もないめんぼくしだいもない

truly ashamed

第三の道だいさんのみち

Third Way (in politics)

アメリカ第一主義アメリカだいいちしゅぎ

America First (US policy)

第二新卒だいにしんそつ

recent graduate looking to change jobs

第二級殺人だいにきゅうさつじん

second-degree murder (in US, etc. law)

first wave

type 1

type 2

First World War (1914-1918)

第二の我が家だいにのわがや

(place that is like a) second home

野党第一党やとうだいいっとう

leading opposition party

第二次産業革命だいにじさんぎょうかくめい

Second Industrial Revolution

第四種郵便物だいよんしゅゆうびんぶつ

fourth-class mail

第二の人生だいにのじんせい

new life (esp. after retirement)

second-class mail

first-class mail

gradually

gradually

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