Kanji N1

艇: rowboat, small boat

艇 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning rowboat, small boat, written with 13 strokes. It is read テイ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 艦艇 (かんてい, naval vessels) and 競艇 (きょうてい, kyōtei).

艇

Meanings

  • rowboat
  • small boat
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1433 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テイ

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.

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 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 艇

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

  • 艦艇かんてい

    naval vessels; warships

  • 競艇きょうてい

    kyōtei; boat race

  • 舟艇しゅうてい

    boat; watercraft

  • 漕艇そうてい

    rowing; boating

  • 飛行艇ひこうてい

    flying boat

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.