堤 – dike, bank, embankment

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The kanji 堤 means dike, bank, embankment. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ (tei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つつみ (tsutsumi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
Kun’yomi	つつみ	tsutsumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・日・疋.

Words using 堤

堤防ていぼうbank

Example sentences

子供たちは堤防をすべりおりた。

The children slid down the bank.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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