堤 (bank, dike, embankment) - Kanji Codex

堤

bank, dike, embankment

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

テイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つつみ

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:1

Frequency:1658

Vocabulary

テイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
堤防	テイボウ	bank; weir; embankment; levee
堤出	テイシュツ	presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
防波堤	ボウハテイ	breakwater; mole
堰堤	エンテイ	dam; weir
墨堤	ボクテイ	banks of the Sumida river

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
手堤	てさげ	handbag; purse
堤	つつみ	bank; embankment; dike
突堤	とってい	jetty; breakwater; pier
えん堤	えんてい	dam; weir
堤を築く	つつみをきずく	to build an embankment

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