挺 Kanji meaning "bravely volunteer, counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws"

Jiten frequency #2453JinmeiyouKanken Level 準1RTKTMW Divine Idol10 strokes

Meanings

bravely volunteer, counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws

On'yomi

チョウテイ

Kun'yomi

ぬ.く

Composed of

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Reading usage

身(み)を挺(てい)するto risk one's life (to do)#20160 空(くう)挺(てい)airborne (troops, operation, etc.)#63970 空(くう)挺(てい)部(ぶ)隊(たい)airborne troops#85037 挺(てい)身(しん)offering oneself (for)#97041 挺(てい)するto put (oneself) forward#129662 挺(てい)身(しん)隊(たい)military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments#156401 空(くう)挺(てい)師(し)団(だん)airborne division#167524 空(くう)挺(てい)作(さく)戦(せん)airborne operation#179614 挺(てい)すto put (oneself) forward#182212 女(じょ)子(し)挺(てい)身(しん)隊(たい)women's volunteer corps#183519

Most common words using this kanji

身(み)を挺(てい)するto risk one's life (to do)#20160 挺(ちょう)counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins)#47708 空(くう)挺(てい)airborne (troops, operation, etc.)#63970 一(いっ)挺(ちょう)one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)#68209 空(くう)挺(てい)部(ぶ)隊(たい)airborne troops#85037 挺(てい)身(しん)offering oneself (for)#97041 挺(てい)するto put (oneself) forward#129662 挺(てい)身(しん)隊(たい)military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments#156401 空(くう)挺(てい)師(し)団(だん)airborne division#167524 空(くう)挺(てい)作(さく)戦(せん)airborne operation#179614 挺(てい)すto put (oneself) forward#182212 女(じょ)子(し)挺(てい)身(しん)隊(たい)women's volunteer corps#183519 空(くう)挺(てい)隊(たい)airborne troops#195976 挺(てい)進(しん)going ahead of the others#197496 八(はっ)挺(ちょう)skillfulness#220882 空(くう)挺(てい)隊(たい)員(いん)paratroopers#231437 空(くう)挺(てい)兵(へい)paratrooper#240915 鉄挺(かなてこ)crowbar#280582 空(くう)挺(てい)堡(ほ)airhead#285647 空(くう)挺(てい)旅(りょ)団(だん)airborne brigade#297050