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堤 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
テイてい · tei
Kun
つつみtsutsumi
Meaning
embankment; dike

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 是: earth heaped to hold back water — an embankment.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテイていtei堤防ていぼう防波堤ぼうはてい
Kunつつみtsutsumi堤つつみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 堤防ていぼう

    embankment; levee

  • 防波堤ぼうはてい

    breakwater

More words with this kanji

  • 堰堤えんてい
  • 堤つつみ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)の堤防(ていぼう)を歩(ある)いた。

I walked along the river embankment.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading テイAll maps

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