携
携 — Portable
portable, carry (in hand), armed with, bring along
On’yomiケイ (kei)
Kun’yomiたずさえる (tazusaeru)
Kun’yomiたずさわる (tazusawaru)
Stroke order (13 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 携
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 連携 | れんけい renkei | cooperation; coordination; collaboration |
| 携帯 | けいたい keitai | carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone |
| 提携 | ていけい teikei | cooperation; tie-up; joint business |
| 携える | たずさえる tazusaeru | to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person |
| 携わる | たずさわる tazusawaru | to engage in; to participate in; to take part in |
| 携帯電話 | けいたいでんわ keitaidenwa | mobile phone; cell phone |
Study notes
携 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1017 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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