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Dike 堤 テイ つつみ Bank Embankment 堤防(ていぼう Weir

Kanji
Onyomi テイ
Kunyomi つつみ
English dike, bank, embankment
Examples 堤防(ていぼう): bank; weir; embankment; levee
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1658
Components 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
是: just so; this; right; justice
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 32
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword dike
Koohii Story 1 Making a dike is all about arranging the soil just so....
Koohii Story 2 The little Dutch boy has his finger stuck in the dike, and that´s the only thing keeping his town from going under. He really really needs to go to the bathroom though, so he devises a plan to carefully add a bit of dirt - there, place individual bits in just so - there, I think it´s good enough. Pull it out -----yes! Success!
RTK Index 390

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_landscape

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