Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

帯: sash, belt

Also: obi, zone, region

JLPT N210 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

巾 carries the meaning · 丗 and 冖 are drawn in

10 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 地帯ちたいarea, zone
  • 一帯いったいregion, zone, whole place
  • 包帯ほうたいbandage, dressing
  • 所帯しょたいhousehold, housekeeping
  • 時間帯じかんたいtime zone, time slot
  • 連帯感れんたいかんfeeling of solidarity
  • 熱帯雨林ねったいうりんtropical rainforest
  • 携帯電話けいたいでんわcell phone
  • 携帯するけいたいするcarry, bring

おびるobiru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 帯びるおびるwear, carry, have

おびobi · kun'yomi

  • 帯おびobi, kimono belt
  • 帯状おびじょうbelt-shaped

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Pictogram (象形)

A woven belt.

Source: Wiktionary, 帶 (rev. 92436757), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Ornaments (卅) + cloth (巾). A decorative piece of "cloth" tied around the waist—a "belt" that marks a specific "zone" or region.”
From the 巾 cloth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
丗

Also built on 丗

冖

Also built on cover (冖)

All 21
巾

Also built on cloth (巾)

All 15

Also read タイ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26
In ChineseSimplified 带 · traditional 帶 · dài

Three different forms: Japanese 帯, simplified 带, traditional 帶.

Simplified
带 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
帶 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dài 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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