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逓

逓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 次々に伝える、リレーする。
  2. 交互に。
  3. 段々、順を追って～になる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「遞」の草書体・行書体に由来する略体。「遞」については遞#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

relay, in turn, sending

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テイJHS
Kun (native)
  • かわ(る)
  • たがいに
Other languages
  • 拼音di4
  • 한글che
  • Hán-ViệtĐệ

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9013

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶乕

Words using this kanji

  • 逓信ていしん音信を順次取り次ぎながら送り、伝えること。 通信、郵便に関する事務。communications (e.g. post, telegraph), Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
  • 逓減ていげん数量が少しずつ減ること。gradual decrease, gradual diminution
  • 逓送ていそう順々に送ること。 宿場から宿場へ順々に送ること。forwarding
  • 逓増ていぞう数量が少しずつ増えること。gradual increase
  • 逓伝ていでん順次送ること。 宿継ぎで送ること。また、宿継ぎの人足や馬。relay
  • 逓次ていじ順を追うこと。順次。 順番。順序。successively, in order
  • 逓倍ていばい入力信号の周波数を整数で高周波数に変換する操作。multiplication (e.g. of frequencies)
  • 逓倍器ていばいきmultiplier (e.g. frequency)
  • 逓信省ていしんしょうMinistry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
  • 逓信大臣ていしんだいじんMinister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)
  • 逓降変圧器ていこうへんあつきstep-down transformer

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-7
Four Corner
3230.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q7.5
Heisig
2002
Nelson
4695