A kanji
定
determine, fix, establish, decide
- 8 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 48 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
テイ、ジョウ
Kun'yomi
さだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.か
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
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Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 定 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 定 37 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 6 words
JLPT N2 · 12 words
- 定価ていかestablished price
- 定規じょうぎ(measuring) ruler
- 推定すいていpresumption, assumption, estimation
- 測定そくていmeasurement
- 肯定こうていpositive, affirmation
- 指定していdesignation, specification, assignment
- 一定いっていfixed, settled, regular
- 特定とくていspecific, special, particular
- 断定だんていconclusion, decision
- 定員ていいんfixed number of regular personnel, capacity (e.g., of boat)
- 定期券ていきけんcommuter pass, season ticket
- 定休日ていきゅうびregular holiday
JLPT N1 · 18 words
- 協定きょうていarrangement, pact, agreement
- 限定げんていlimit, restriction
- 国定こくていstate-sponsored, national
- 固定こていfixation, fixing (e.g., salary, capital)
- 定まるさだまるto become settled, to be fixed
- 定めるさだめるto decide, to determine
- 改定かいていreform
- 確定かくていfixed, decision
- 規定きていregulation, provisions
- 案の定あんのじょうsure enough, as usual
- 所定しょていfixed, prescribed
- 制定せいていenactment, establishment, creation
- 設定せっていestablishment, creation
- 定義ていぎdefinition
- 定食ていしょくfixed-price lunch, set meal, dinner
- 定年ていねんretirement age
- 未定みていnot yet fixed, undecided, pending
- 判定はんていjudgment, decision, award, verdict
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 定.
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