帯
帯·belt, sash, zone
- On-yomi
- タイ
- Kun-yomi
- おびおびる
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帯 | おび | obi, kimono sash |
| 携帯 | けいたい | mobile phone; carrying |
| 一帯 | いったい | the whole area |
| 熱帯 | ねったい | the tropics |
Example sentences
着物の帯はとてもきれいです。
きもののおびはとてもきれいです。
The obi of a kimono is very beautiful.
電車の中では携帯を使わないでください。
でんしゃのなかではけいたいをつかわないでください。
Please don't use your mobile phone on the train.
この一帯は昔、田んぼだったそうだ。
このいったいはむかし、たんぼだったそうだ。
This whole area was apparently rice fields long ago.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 一帯 as *いちたい; it is いったい
- Forgetting that 携帯 literally means 'carry with you', hence 携帯電話
Memory aid
Picture it
Ornaments hanging from a cloth band (巾) — a sash tied around the waist, and by extension a strip of land.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 包帯ほうたいbandage, dressing
- 地帯ちたいbelt, zone, area (with a shared character)
- 寒帯かんたいfrigid zone, polar zone
- 温帯おんたいtemperate zone
- 携帯電話けいたいでんわmobile phone
- 熱帯ねったいthe tropics, tropical zone
- 帯おびobi (kimono sash); belt, band, strip
- 世帯せたいhousehold
- 帯びるおびるto be tinged with; to take on (a quality); to carry (a mission)
- 連帯れんたいsolidarity; joint responsibility (legal)
- 一帯いったいa whole area; a region; the whole place
- 携帯けいたいcarrying (something) on one's person; portability; (colloquially) a mobile phone
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