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Kanji Detail for 帯 - "zone, obi"

帯

  • Meaning

    帯 means "zone, obi." Also associated with to carry.

    1. Belt - A band worn around the waist.

    2. Zone - A region; an area.

    3. Carry - To wear; to bear.

  • Words using 帯

    • 地帯 ちたい Listen zone; area; belt
    • 世帯 せたい Listen household; family
    • 携帯 けいたい Listen carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
    • 熱帯 ねったい Listen tropics
    • 連帯 れんたい Listen solidarity; joint; collective
    • 一帯 いったい Listen whole area; whole region; stretch (of land)
    • 付帯 ふたい Listen incidental; ancillary; accessory
    • 熱帯魚 ねったいぎょ Listen tropical fish

  • Four-character idioms with 帯

    • 緩衝地帯 かんしょうちたい Listen buffer zone
    • 一衣帯水 いちいたいすい Listen (being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river)
    • 帯刀御免 たいとうごめん Listen a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
    • 肉食妻帯 にくじきさいたい Listen meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married
    • 苗字帯刀 みょうじたいとう Listen right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
    • 衣冠束帯 いかんそくたい Listen full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion

  • Tattoo check: 帯

    • Verified meaning: zone, obi
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おび)
    • Also carries these associations: to carry

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 帯

    Surnames 帯(おび)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sash; belt; obi; zone; region

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    belt

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 帶|带

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o.biru(お-びる) お-びる

    obi(おび) おび

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    zone carry obi lead wear belt sash area band bear bind girdle ribbon strap surround tie wrap region

Sentences including 帯

  • The rain is raining all around.

  • I went to obihiro two years ago.

  • Every day i work different hours.

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