漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
隊: regiment, party
Also: company, squad
JLPT N112 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
⻖ carries the meaning · 豕 is drawn in
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 隊たいparty, company, body, corps
- 隊員たいいんgroup members
- 隊長たいちょうcommanding officer
- 楽隊がくたいband, orchestra
- 軍隊ぐんたいarmy, troops
- 兵隊へいたいsoldier, sailor
- 自衛隊じえいたいself-defense force
- デモ隊デモたいgroup of demonstrators
- 捜査隊そうさたいinvestigative team
- 警官隊けいかんたいpolice force
- 探検隊たんけんたいexploration party
- 入隊するにゅうたいするenlist [v.i.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side隊 regiment · ⻖
vs家 house · 宀In ChineseSimplified 队 · traditional, as in Japanese · duì
Japan keeps the traditional form 隊; mainland China simplifies it to 队.
- Simplified
- 队 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 隊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin duì 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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