Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

廷: courts, imperial court

Also: government office

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

廴 carries the meaning · 壬 gives the sound

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 法廷ほうていcourt (of law); courtroom
  • 宮廷きゅうていimperial court; royal court
  • 閉廷へいていadjourning court
  • 開廷かいていcourt session; trial
  • 朝廷ちょうていImperial Court
  • 出廷しゅっていappearance in court

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

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)廴 (meaning) + 𡈼 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 廷 (rev. 93448042), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stride radical + stand tall (壬 form) = the long, formal hallways where people must 'stride' with dignity to stand before the emperor's throne.”
From the 廴 long stride story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
壬

Also built on 壬

The 壬 family reads ニン (nin); 廷 is read テイ.

廴

Also built on long stride (廴)

All 2

廷 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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
廷 courts · 廴
vs任 responsibility · 亻
廷 has 廴 where 任 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tíng

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

Simplified
廷 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
廷 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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