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亭

pavilion
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingテイ、チン
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pavilionRtK
    亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。No wonder he is a henpecked husband.tatoeba
    酔っ払っておそく家に帰ったかどで、怒った女房は亭主に食ってかかり、箒で亭主をひっぱたいた。The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk.tatoeba
  2. restaurant
  3. mansion
  4. arbor
  5. cottage
  6. vaudeville
  7. music hall
  8. stage name
  1. household head
  2. master
  3. host (e.g. of a tea gathering)
  4. innkeeper
  5. owner (e.g. of a hotel)

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · crown (冖) · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 333

Compound words

亭主ていしゅ
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel)
料亭りょうてい
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
旗亭きてい
restaurant
池亭ちてい
arbor (arbour, bower) by a lake
亭々ていてい
lofty (tree)
亭午ていご
noon
亭亭ていてい
lofty (tree)
旅亭りょてい
hotel
亭主関白ていしゅかんぱく
domineering husband
知らぬは亭主許り也しらぬはていしゅばかりなり
the husband is always the last to know
亭主の好きな赤烏帽子ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 亭

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