JLPT N2 · 10 strokes
Kanji 帯: "sash, belt, obi"
The kanji 帯 means "sash, belt, obi, zone, region". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read タイ in on'yomi and お.びる, おび in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
お.びるおび
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | sash, belt, obi, zone, region |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 746 of 2,501 |
Common words with 帯
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 携帯carrying (on one's person or in the hand) · mobile phone; cell phone
- 帯びるto wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to bear · to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to take on
- 携帯電話téléphone portable, mobile
- 帯obi (kimono sash) · obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
- 一帯whole area; whole region · stretch (of land); tract; belt; zone
- 時間帯period of time; time slot · time zone
- 包帯bandage; dressing
- 地帯zone; area; belt; region
- 帯band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
- 眼帯eyepatch; eye bandage
- 世帯household; family
- 安全地帯safety zone · traffic island
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