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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

呈: display, offer

Also: present, send, exhibit

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 王 gives the sound

7 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 贈呈ぞうていpresentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
  • 進呈しんていpresentation (e.g. of a gift)
  • 露呈ろていexposure; disclosure

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

呈 gives its sound to

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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
呈 display · 口
vs匡 correct · 匚
呈 has 口 where 匡 has 匚.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chéng

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

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

Pinyin chéng 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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