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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1957 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: relay, in turn, sending

Kunyomi: かわ.る, たがいに

Onyomi: テイ

Composition: 乕 辶

逓

Radical

Radical: 辵

Meaning: walk

Reading: しんにょう

辵

Examples

Onyomi Examples

逓信 (テイシン) communications (e.g. post, telegraph), Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)

逓減 (テイゲン) gradual decrease, gradual diminution

駅逓 (エキテイ) delivery of packages, postal service

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