This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: タイ、テイ、からだ、かたち
Romaji: tai, tei, karada, katachi
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Name Reading

Kana: なり
Romaji: nari
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Meanings

body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  88
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-2-5
Korean Reading:  che
Chinese Reading:  ben4
Unicode:  4f53
JIS:  424E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 71
Nelson Index: 405
New Nelson Index: 165
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a5.6
Four Corner Index: 2523.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 165
Gakken Index: 110
Japanese Names Index: 358
Daikanwanjiten Index: 509
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0693
Remembering the kanji Index: 957
Busy People Index: 2.11
Kanji Way Index: 96
Kanji Flashcards Index: 115
Kodansha Compact Index: 80
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 182
Kanji in Context Index: 165
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 52
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 55
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 966
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1030
Essential Kanji Index: 176
Kodansha Kanji Index: 80
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2155
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 270
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 149

Words

自治体 (じちたい)
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous entity
自体 (じたい)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start
主体 (しゅたい)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
個体 (こたい)
individual; specimen
合体 (がったい)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; combination; alliance; annexation; incorporation; copulation; penetration
機体 (きたい)
fuselage; airframe
車体 (しゃたい)
body (of car); frame
解体 (かいたい)
disassembly; dismantling; deconstruction; dissolution; demolishing; dissection (i.e. postmortem)
具体 (ぐたい)
concrete; tangible; material
一体 (いったい)
...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); one object; one body; unity; one form; one style; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.); generally; in general
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