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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1658 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: dike, bank, embankment

Kunyomi: つつみ

Onyomi: テイ

Composition: 土 是

堤

Radical

Radical: 土

Meaning: earth

Reading: つち

Frequency: 580

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

土

Examples

Onyomi Examples

堤防 (テイボウ) bank, weir, embankment, levee

提出 (テイシュツ) presentation (of documents), submission (of an application, report, etc.), production (e.g. of evidence), introduction (e.g. of a bill), filing, turning in

突堤 (トッテイ) jetty, breakwater, pier

神経堤 (シンケイテイ) neural crest

Kunyomi Examples

堤 (つつみ) bank, embankment, dike

堤を築く (つつみをきずく) to build an embankment

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