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亭: pavilion, restaurant

Also: mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亠, 口 and 冖 carry the meaning · 丁 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 料亭りょうていryotei
  • 亭主ていしゅhousehold head; master
  • 亭ていarbor; arbour; bower

Also read チン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Lid (亠) + mouth (口) + pillar/stop. A structure with a high roof where travelers can stop and rest; a classic wooden pavilion.”
From the 亠 lid story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亠

Also built on lid (亠)

All 24
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
冖

Also built on cover (冖)

All 21
丁

Also built on street (丁)

The 丁 family reads チョウ (chou); 亭 is read テイ、チン.

亭 gives its sound to

The family reading is テイ (tei). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read テイ

29 kanji share this on'yomiAll 29

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
亭 pavilion · 丁
vs亮 clear · 儿
亭 has 丁 where 亮 has 儿.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tíng

Same form: 亭 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
亭 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
亭 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tíng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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