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対 — 7 strokes / Radical「寸」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 7 strokes / Radical「寸」
On
タイ・ツイたい・つい · tai · tsui
Kun
—
Meaning
facing, pair, against

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally showing ornaments and a hand arranging things to face each other — came to mean 'facing' or 'pair'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタイたいtai対立たいりつ絶対ぜったい反対はんたい
Onツイついtsui対句ついく一対いちたい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 反対はんたい

    opposite, opposition

  • 対話たいわ

    dialogue

More words with this kanji

  • 対比たいひ
  • 対象たいしょう
  • 応対おうたい
  • 絶対ぜったい
  • 対策たいさく
  • 対処たいしょ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

その いけんに 反対(はんたい) です。

I am against that opinion.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

反対対話対反opposi…話to tal…寸sun寺temple専specia…封seal将genera…代to sub…待to wai…追chase大big太thick
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)