Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Kunyomi: うてな われ つかさ

Onyomi: ダイ タイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(だい)   stand, rack

座(だいざ)   pedestal

所(だいどころ)   kitchen

地(だいち)   plateau

(いちだい)   one (machine)

気象(きしょうだい)   meteorological observatory

湾(たいわん)   Taiwan

風(たいふう)   typhoon

Onyomi Examples

ダイ stand, rack, table, bench, podium, pedestal, platform, stage, support, holder, rack, counter for machines, incl. vehicles, setting (e.g. in jewellery), level (e.g. price level), range (e.g. after physical units), period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life), elevated area, viewing platform, dish tray, meal, tall building, tower

ダイシャ platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, (railway) truck, bogie, flatcar, wagon, waggon

管区気象 カンクキショウダイ district meteorological observatory

気象 キショウダイ meteorological observatory

タイ Taiwan

タイトウ rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence, coming to the fore, gaining power, gathering strength

ヤタイ cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand, festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform, stage prop fashioned after a large building, framework (of a house, etc.), house (esp. a small and miserable house)

最後の舞 サイゴノブタイ final performance, swan song, last act

Kunyomi Examples

うてな tower, stand, pedestal, calyx

弾正 だんじょうだい Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)