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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

トッテイ breakwater

神経 シンケイテイ neural crest

Kunyomi Examples

つつみ bank, embankment, dike

を築く つつみをきずく to build an embankment