Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

1459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

Kunyomi: とばり

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はばへん

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

簿(ちょうぼ)   account book, register

尻(ちょうじり)   balance of accounts

消し(ちょうけし)   offset, writing off

(てちょう)   notebook

(つうちょう)   passbook

電話(でんわちょう)   telephone book

日記(にっきちょう)   diary

面な(きちょうめんな)   methodical, precise, steady

Onyomi Examples

チョウ book, register

消し チョウケシ writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books, cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out

キチョウ registry, entry, book-keeping, signature

ダイチョウ account book, ledger, register

Kunyomi Examples

とばり curtain, hanging, bunting

夜の よるのとばり veil of darkness, curtain of night