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帯

Belt
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingタイ
Kun readingお.びる、お.び
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4Level 31

Verbs with «帯»

帯びる携帯する

Meanings

  1. belt
  2. obi
    彼女の着物と帯の取り合わせはおつだね。Her kimono and obi combination is smart, isn't it?tatoeba
  3. region
  4. sashRtK
  5. zone
  1. obi (kimono sash)
  2. obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
  3. band
  4. strip

Homonyms

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Same spelling, other readings
  • 帯 たい — band (e.g. conduction, valence)
Same reading (たい)
対 · versus鯛 · sea bream (esp. Pagrus major)

Popular Usage

温帯寒帯一帯携帯帯びる

Radicals and components

Radical巾cloth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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buckle · apron · crown (冖) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 444

Compound words

温帯おんたい
temperate zone
一帯いったい
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
携帯けいたい
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
帯びるおびる
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to bear; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with
世帯せたい
household; family
地帯ちたい
zone; area; belt; region
熱帯ねったい
tropics
付帯ふたい
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
連帯れんたい
solidarity; joint; collective
包帯ほうたい
bandage; dressing
亜熱帯あねったい
subtropics
時間帯じかんたい
period of time; time slot; time zone
熱帯魚ねったいぎょ
tropical fish
性感帯せいかんたい
erogenous zone
緩衝地帯かんしょうちたい
buffer zone
携帯電話けいたいでんわ
mobile phone; cell phone
携帯ストラップけいたいストラップ
straps for mobile phone
衣帯いたい
clothes and obi
下帯したおび
loincloth
拐帯かいたい
absconding with money
靭帯じんたい
ligament
帯鋸おびのこ
band saw
帯芯おびしん
thick obi sash
帯同たいどう
accompanying, bringing along

Kun Reading Examples

帯に短し、襷に長し。おび
Too much spoils, too little is nothing.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は熱帯魚を飼っている。
He is raising tropical fishes.tatoeba
彼は酒気を帯びて運転していた。
He was driving under the influence of alcohol.tatoeba
彼は極秘の使命を帯びていた。
He was charged with a secret mission.tatoeba
彼の語調はますます熱気を帯びてきた。
His tone became more and more fervent.tatoeba
一般に公的に苗字を名乗り刀剣を帯びることが許された。
In general, they were officially allowed to have a family name and carry swords.wiki
田中の下で政友会は次第に親軍的な保守色を帯びるようになる。
Under Tanaka's leadership, the Seiyu Party gradually leaned toward pro-military conservatism.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Belt; zone; wear. 卅 (ornaments) + 冖 + 巾 (cloth) — a sash with hanging ornaments. 地帯 — zone.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 帯

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