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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

48 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: determine, fix, establish, decide

Kunyomi: さだ.める, さだ.まる, さだ.か

Onyomi: テイ, ジョウ

Composition: 宀 疋

定

Radical

Radical: 宀

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

定価(ていか)   list price

定期券(ていきけん)   commuter pass

定休日(ていきゅうび)   regular holiday

指定席(していせき)   reserved seat

予定する(よていする)   plan [v.t.]

決定する(けっていする)   decide

否定する(ひていする)   deny

確定する(かくていする)   fix, settle (e.g. plan)

安定する(あんていする)   become stable

案の定(あんのじょう)   sure enough

定める(さだめる)   decide, establish [v.t.]

定まる(さだまる)   become decided [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

定価 (テイカ) list price, regular price, established price

定員 (テイイン) fixed number (of people), prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.), quota, numerical limit, complement, capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.), seating capacity

裁定 (サイテイ) decision, ruling, award, arbitration

改定 (カイテイ) revision (of a rule, price, etc.), alteration, change

定 (ジョウ) certainty, reality, actuality, regular, permanent, samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

定住 (テイジュウ) settlement, permanent residency

不定 (フジョウ) uncertainty, insecurity, inconstancy, indefinite, undecided

改定 (カイテイ) revision (of a rule, price, etc.), alteration, change

Kunyomi Examples

定める (さだめる) to decide, to determine, to establish, to lay down, to prescribe, to provide, to stipulate, to bring peace (to), to make peaceful

定まる (さだまる) to become settled, to be fixed

定か (さだか) definite, sure

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