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Kanji Information Sheet for 第 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 竹 (たけ) – bamboo
Henshall Mnemonic: bamboo tops young brother in order of things
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #160 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #160 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 次第 [しだい]
(n-adv,n) (1) order; precedence; (2) circumstances; (3) immediate(ly); as soon as; dependent upon [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 第一 [だいいち]
(adv,n) first; foremost; # 1 [K] [D] [Jisho] - 落第 [らくだい]
(n,vs) failure; dropping out of a class [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 次第に [しだいに]
(adv) gradually [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第一義 [だいいちぎ]
(n) first principle; original or greatest import [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第一人者 [だいいちにんしゃ]
(n) leading person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第一声 [だいいっせい]
(n) first tone; first speech [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第一線 [だいいっせん]
(n) the front (of a battlefield); forefront [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第一歩 [だいいっぽ]
(n) first step [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第三国 [だいさんごく]
(n) a third country [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第三者 [だいさんしゃ]
(n) third person; outsider; disinterested person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 第二次世界大戦 [だいにじせかいたいせん]
(n) World War II [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.