帯
帯 — Sash
sash, belt, obi, zone, region
On’yomiタイ (tai)
Kun’yomiおびる (obiru)
Kun’yomiおび (obi)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 帯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地帯 | ちたい chitai | zone; area; belt |
| 世帯 | せたい setai | household; family |
| 携帯 | けいたい keitai | carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone |
| 熱帯 | ねったい nettai | tropics |
| 連帯 | れんたい rentai | solidarity; joint; collective |
| 一帯 | いったい ittai | whole area; whole region; stretch (of land) |
Study notes
帯 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #746 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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