Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

746 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: sash, belt, obi, zone, region

Kunyomi: お.びる おび

Onyomi: タイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(ちたい)   area, zone

(いったい)   region, zone, whole place

(ほうたい)   bandage, dressing

(しょたい)   household, housekeeping

時間(じかんたい)   time zone, time slot

感(れんたいかん)   feeling of solidarity

雨林(ねったいうりん)   tropical rainforest

電話(けいたいでんわ)   cell phone

する(けいたいする)   carry, bring

びる(おびる)   wear, carry, have

(おび)   obi, kimono belt

状(おびじょう)   belt-shaped

Onyomi Examples

タイ band (e.g. conduction, valence), belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

状疱疹 タイジョウホウシン shingles, herpes zoster

フタイ incidental, ancillary, accessory, secondary, collateral

亜熱 アネッタイ subtropics

Kunyomi Examples

びる おびる to wear (sword, decoration, etc.), to carry, to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission), to take on, to have a trace of, to be tinged with

おび obi, kimono sash, paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc., band, belt, strip, cingulum, radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

びる おびる to wear (sword, decoration, etc.), to carry, to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission), to take on, to have a trace of, to be tinged with

ひとえおび unlined sash

あかおび red sash, red belt