Meanings
- serving our elders
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2474 of 2,500
Kanji N1
悌: serving our elders
悌 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning serving our elders, written with 10 strokes. It is read テイ, ダイ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names.
悌
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- テイ
- ダイ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- None in common use
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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