堤

堤 — dike, bank, embankment

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 12
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1658 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: てい tei
Kun'yomi: つつみ tsutsumi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 堤

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

堤防ていぼう bank JLPT N1