Kanji N3

戴: be crowned with, live under (a ruler), receive

戴 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning be crowned with, live under (a ruler), receive, written with 17 strokes. It is read タイ (on) and いただく (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 頂戴 (ちょうだい, receiving) and 戴冠式 (たいかんしき, coronation ceremony).

戴

Meanings

  • be crowned with
  • live under (a ruler)
  • receive
Strokes17
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#2332 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いただく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 17. Start at the dot.

Common words with 戴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 頂戴ちょうだい

    receiving; getting; accepting; being given

    JLPT N3
  • 戴冠式たいかんしき

    coronation ceremony; enthronement

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