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廷 — Courts

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary school#1439 most used
courts, imperial court, government office
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (7 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Common words using 廷

WordReadingMeaning
法廷ほうてい
houtei
court (of law); courtroom
宮廷きゅうてい
kyuutei
imperial court; royal court
閉廷へいてい
heitei
adjourning court
開廷かいてい
kaitei
court session; trial
朝廷ちょうてい
choutei
Imperial Court
出廷しゅってい
shuttei
appearance in court

Study notes

廷 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1439 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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