諦 – truth, clarity, abandon

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2457 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 諦 means truth, clarity, abandon, give up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ、タイ (tei, tai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あきら.める、つまびらか、まこと (akirameru, tsumabiraka, makoto). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
On’yomi	タイ	tai
Kun’yomi	あきら.める	akirameru
Kun’yomi	つまびらか	tsumabiraka
Kun’yomi	まこと	makoto

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 巾・言・并・立・亠・冖.

Words using 諦

諦めるあきらめるto give up諦めあきらめresignation

Kanji with the same radical

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