第 – No., residence

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#160 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 第 means No., residence. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダイ、テイ (dai, tei). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダイ	dai
On’yomi	テイ	tei

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: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 弓・竹・乞.

Words using 第

次第しだいdepending on第だいprefix for forming ordinal numbers落第らくだいfailure (in an examination)

Example sentences

仕事の成功はあなた方の努力次第です。

Our success in this work depends on your efforts.

Tatoeba #169129

空港に着き次第、電話します。

I'll phone you as soon as I get to the airport.

Tatoeba #179349

こういう次第だ。

This is how it stands.

Tatoeba #225047

Kanji with the same radical

策算答管竹筋等築籍笑節簡範筆箱簿

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