挺
bravely volunteer; counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws
10 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2189.
Readings
- テイ (on reading): 空挺 (くうてい) airborne (troops, operation, etc.); 空挺部隊 (くうていぶたい) airborne troops
- チョウ (on reading)
- ぬく (kun reading)
Components
- 扌
- 廷
- 廴 radical long stride
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 王 radical king; jewel, left-side form of 玉
Words using 挺
- 空挺 (くうてい) airborne (troops, operation, etc.)
- 空挺部隊 (くうていぶたい) airborne troops
- 挺進 (ていしん) going ahead of the others
- 挺身隊 (ていしんたい) military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments
- 挺身 (ていしん) offering oneself (for)
21 words in all.