Question

提 さ.げる 前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given提案(ていあん): proposal; proposition; suggestion提供(ていきょう): offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply提出(ていしゅつ): (1) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in (2) presentation; submission; filing提携(ていけい): cooperation; tie-up; joint business; link-up提示(ていじ): presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation 5 手: hand是: just so; this; right; justice 手 4 (none) propose I tried to propose to my girlfriend, but the ring was too small to fit her finger. Instead of saying yes, she just uttered an annoyed sigh. So I rushed to the jeweler where he made it bigger. But now it was too big, so I rushed back to make it smaller. This spiel kept going on until the ring was finally just so. Her eyes lit up and she said yes.

Accepted Answer

テイ、チョウ、ダイ propose, take along, carry in hand 1 254 12 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic When a man PROPOSES to a lady, he takes her FINGER and places the ring on it JUST SO, and the moment sweeps her away.

Kanji	提
Onyomi	テイ、チョウ、ダイ
Kunyomi	さ.げる
English	propose, take along, carry in hand
Examples	前提(ぜんてい): preamble; premise; reason; prerequisite; condition; assumption; hypothesis; given 提案(ていあん): proposal; proposition; suggestion 提供(ていきょう): offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply 提出(ていしゅつ): (1) to present; to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis); to hand in; to file; to turn in (2) presentation; submission; filing 提携(ていけい): cooperation; tie-up; joint business; link-up 提示(ていじ): presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	254
Components	手: hand 是: just so; this; right; justice
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	propose
Koohii Story 1	When a man PROPOSES to a lady, he takes her FINGER and places the ring on it JUST SO, and the moment sweeps her away.
Koohii Story 2	I tried to propose to my girlfriend, but the ring was too small to fit her finger. Instead of saying yes, she just uttered an annoyed sigh. So I rushed to the jeweler where he made it bigger. But now it was too big, so I rushed back to make it smaller. This spiel kept going on until the ring was finally just so. Her eyes lit up and she said yes.

Hand Ring I Sponsoring Presentation Propose Rushed 提