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帯 お.びる、おび sash, belt, obi, zone, region 2 746 10 50 はば・はばへん・きんべん 象形 Pictographic First, note that the top half of the kanji consists of one and mountain. Of course, the "number 1" mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. The bottom half, under Mt. Fuji, consists of crown and towel. Now for the story. Archaeologists digging under Mt. Fuji (Japan´s #1 mountain) in an ancient royal tomb (they know it´s royal because of the crown) discover what looks like a towel, but after they clean it up, they see it is actually a splendid royal sash for the king´s kimono.

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タイ たて 地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land)世帯(せたい): household; home; family; housekeeping携帯(けいたい): (1) something carried (in the hand); handheld (2) mobile telephone; cell phone熱帯(ねったい): tropics連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint一帯(いったい): region; zone; whole place帯(たい): band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)温帯(おんたい): temperate zone包帯(ほうたい): bandage; dressing帯びる(おびる): (1) to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry (2) to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on (3) to have a trace of; to be tinged with帯(おび): (1) obi; kimono sash (2) paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.寒帯(かんたい): frigid zone or belt 4 丗: thirty冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50) 巾 3 帶 sash Beautiful "Miss Housewife Japan" is on posters everywhere, cooking right before Mt. Fuji (the number one mountain) while wearing nothing but her crown, and an apron tied with a sash. (hodgepodge of mspertus, zwarte_kat, et al, with a jot of hadaka apron to focus the image.).

Kanji	帯
Onyomi	タイ
Kunyomi	お.びる、おび
Nanori	たて
English	sash, belt, obi, zone, region
Examples	地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land) 世帯(せたい): household; home; family; housekeeping 携帯(けいたい): (1) something carried (in the hand); handheld (2) mobile telephone; cell phone 熱帯(ねったい): tropics 連帯(れんたい): (1) solidarity; collective (2) joint 一帯(いったい): region; zone; whole place 帯(たい): band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.) 温帯(おんたい): temperate zone 包帯(ほうたい): bandage; dressing 帯びる(おびる): (1) to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry (2) to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on (3) to have a trace of; to be tinged with 帯(おび): (1) obi; kimono sash (2) paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc. 寒帯(かんたい): frigid zone or belt
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	746
Components	丗: thirty 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 巾: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	巾
Radical Number	50
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	はば・はばへん・きんべん
Traditional Form	帶
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	sash
Koohii Story 1	First, note that the top half of the kanji consists of one and mountain. Of course, the "number 1" mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. The bottom half, under Mt. Fuji, consists of crown and towel. Now for the story. Archaeologists digging under Mt. Fuji (Japan´s #1 mountain) in an ancient royal tomb (they know it´s royal because of the crown) discover what looks like a towel, but after they clean it up, they see it is actually a splendid royal sash for the king´s kimono.
Koohii Story 2	Beautiful "Miss Housewife Japan" is on posters everywhere, cooking right before Mt. Fuji (the number one mountain) while wearing nothing but her crown, and an apron tied with a sash. (hodgepodge of mspertus, zwarte_kat, et al, with a jot of hadaka apron to focus the image.).

Mt Belt E.G Sash Royal Zone Crown Radical