堤
堤 — Dike
dike, bank, embankment
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomiつつみ (tsutsumi)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 堤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堤 | つつみ tsutsumi | bank; embankment; dike |
| 堤防 | ていぼう teibou | bank; weir; embankment |
| 防波堤 | ぼうはてい bouhatei | breakwater; mole |
| 突堤 | とってい tottei | jetty; breakwater; pier |
Study notes
堤 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1658 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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