Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

謄: mimeograph, copy

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 朕 gives the sound

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 戸籍謄本こせきとうほんofficial copy of the family register
  • 謄本とうほんcertified copy; transcript
  • 謄写とうしゃcopy; transcription; mimeograph

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

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
謄 mimeograph · 朕
vs諭 rebuke · 俞
謄 has 朕 where 諭 has 俞.
In ChineseSimplified 誊 · traditional, as in Japanese · téng

Japan keeps the traditional form 謄; mainland China simplifies it to 誊.

Simplified
誊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謄 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin téng 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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