Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1182 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: resist, reach, touch

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: テイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

当(ていとう)   mortgage, security

抗力(ていこうりょく)   resistance

(たいてい)   usually, generally

抗する(ていこうする)   resist, oppose

触する(ていしょくする)   conflict with, run counter to

Onyomi Examples

テイショク infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.), contravention, running afoul, conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.), inconsistency, incompatibility, contradiction, collision, contact, touching

テイコウ resistance, opposition, standing up to, reluctance, repulsion, repugnance, resistance, drag, friction, electrical resistance, resistor

コウテイ resistance, opposition

角觝 カクテイ strength contest, sumo wrestling