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bravely volunteer
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingチョウ、テイ
Kun readingぬ.く
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bravely volunteer
  2. counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws
  3. counter for toolsRtK
  1. counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins)
  2. counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles

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Compound words

一挺いっちょう
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
空挺くうてい
airborne (troops, operation, etc.)
挺すていす
to put (oneself) forward
挺進ていしん
going ahead of the others
八挺はっちょう
skillfulness
空挺隊くうていたい
airborne troops
空挺堡くうていほ
airhead
挺するていする
to put (oneself) forward
空挺隊員くうていたいいん
paratroopers
空挺部隊くうていぶたい
airborne troops
空挺降下地域くうていこうかちいき
drop zone

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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