Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

届: deliver, reach

Also: arrive, report, notify, forward

JLPT N28 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

尸 carries the meaning · 由 gives the sound

8 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

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

Three readings, and the words that use each

とどけるtodokeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 届けるとどけるdeliver, file notice [v.t.]
  • 届とどけreport; notification; registration
  • 変更届へんこうとどけnotification of change; alteration report

-とどけ-todoke · kun'yomi

  • 届け先とどけさきreceiver's address
  • 出生届けしゅっせいとどけbirth registration
  • 欠席届けけっせきとどけreport of a school absence
  • 届け出とどけでreport; notification

とどくtodoku · kun'yomi

  • 届くとどくreach, arrive [v.i.]

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

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Lie down and cover up! This radical has two lives: it can represent the stillness of a body or the protection of a roof.”
More in the 尸 corpse story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尸

Also built on corpse (尸)

All 18
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all

The 由 family reads ユ (yu); 届 is read カイ.

Also read カイ

33 kanji share this on'yomiAll 33

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
届 deliver · 尸 + 由
vs昼 daytime · 尺 + 旦
届 has 尸 + 由 where 昼 has 尺 + 旦.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 屆 · jiè

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 届. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 屆.

Simplified
届 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
屆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jiè 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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