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第 — 11 strokes / Radical「竹」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 11 strokes / Radical「竹」
On
ダイだい · dai
Kun
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Meaning
ordinal prefix, order

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

竹 (bamboo) + 弟 (sound) — bamboo tags lined up in order, meaning 'sequence' or 'order'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onダイだいdai第一だいいち第三者だいさんしゃ及第きゅうだい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 第一だいいち

    first, number one

  • 次第しだい

    depending on, order

More words with this kanji

  • 第一条だいいちじょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

わたしの 第(だい)一(いち)の ゆめは 先生(せんせい) です。

My first dream is to be a teacher.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

第一次第第一one次next笛flute筆writin…等equal箱box竹bamboo代to sub…題topic乃thereu…大big台stand
CompoundRadicalReading

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