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第

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • No.
  • residence

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ダイ
  • テイ
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#23
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
竹#118 · bamboo

Components

Common Words

  • 第だいPrefix
    prefix for forming ordinal numbers
  • 次第にしだいにAdverb
    gradually, by degrees, little by little
  • 第一歩だいいっぽNoun
    first step
  • 第三者だいさんしゃNoun
    third party, third person, outsider
  • 第一人者だいいちにんしゃNoun
    leading person, foremost figure
  • 第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせんNoun
    Second World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
  • 第一線だいいっせんNoun
    the front (of a battlefield), forefront
  • 第一声だいいっせいNoun
    first words said (e.g. when meeting someone), first thing out of one's mouth

Practice in Kanjiru

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