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貞

upright
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingテイ、ジョウ
Kun readingただし.い、さだ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. uprightRtK
    貞子は西に沈んでゆく太陽をみて、メクラになった。Sadako watched the sun lowering in the west and became blind.tatoeba
    挿絵は歌川国貞。The illustrator was Kunisada UTAGAWA.wiki
  2. chastity
  3. constancy
  4. righteousness

Radicals and components

Radical貝shell
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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magic wand · augury · divining rod · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 58

Compound words

貞潔ていけつ
chastity
貞淑ていしゅく
chastity
貞女ていじょ
virtuous woman
貞節ていせつ
chastity
貞操ていそう
chastity
童貞どうてい
virginity (of a male)
不貞ふてい
unfaithfulness
貞はるさだはる
to harp too long on a subject
貞操観念ていそうかんねん
sense of virtue
貞操蹂躙ていそうじゅうりん
rape
貞操蹂躪ていそうじゅうりん
rape
不貞不貞しいふてぶてしい
impudent

Additional Examples

藤氏家伝 貞慧伝
Biography of Joe, Toshi Kaden (Biographies of the Fujiwara clan)wiki
挿絵は歌川国貞。
The illustrator was Kunisada UTAGAWA.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 貞

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step