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亭

亭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 宿場。宿駅。
  2. あずまや。
  3. とどまる。
  4. 平らにする。
  5. 正しい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

もと「京」と同形。「あずまや」を意味する漢語｛亭｝を表す字。のち下部の筆画が「丁」に変形音化して「亭」の字形となった。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テイJHS
  • チン
Other languages
  • 拼音ting2
  • 한글jeong
  • Hán-ViệtĐình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
亠(なべぶた)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4EAD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳亠口⿱冖丁

Words using this kanji

  • 亭主ていしゅ一家の。転じて夫のこと 店や家などの主人。household head, master, host (e.g. of a tea gathering), innkeeper
  • 亭てい（テイ）庭に設けられた休憩用の小さな建物。東屋。 （テイ）屋敷。住居。 （テイ）亭主。arbor, arbour, bower, pavilion
  • 亭午ていごnoon
  • 亭々ていていlofty (tree)
  • 亭主関白ていしゅかんぱく夫が家庭で主導権を握っていること。domineering husband, hectoring husband, husband who rules the roost
  • 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子ていしゅのすきなあかえぼしeven an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-7
Four Corner
0020.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j7.5
Heisig
333
Nelson
303