Kanji N1

隊: regiment, party, company

隊 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning regiment, party, company, written with 12 strokes. It is read タイ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 軍隊 (ぐんたい, armed forces) and 兵隊 (へいたい, armed forces).

隊

Meanings

  • regiment
  • party
  • company
  • squad
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#605 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タイ

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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Common words with 隊

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

  • 軍隊ぐんたい

    armed forces; military; troops

    JLPT N3
  • 兵隊へいたい

    armed forces; military; troops

    JLPT N2
  • 部隊ぶたい

    force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

  • 隊員たいいん

    troops; group members; team members

  • 自衛隊じえいたい

    Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF

  • 艦隊かんたい

    (naval) fleet; armada

  • 隊長たいちょう

    captain; commander; commanding officer; leader

  • 大隊だいたい

    battalion

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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.