Kanji
挺
kanji character
bravely volunteer
counter for guns
inksticks
palanquins
rickshaws
挺 kanji-挺 bravely volunteer, counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws
挺
Meaning
bravely volunteer counter for guns inksticks
Readings
Kun'yomi
- ぬく
On'yomi
- いっ ちょう one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
- はっ ちょう skillfulness
- ちょう counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- てい しんたい volunteer corps
- てい しん volunteer
- てい す to put (oneself) forward
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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挺 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades... -
挺 身 隊 volunteer corps -
挺 身 volunteer, volunteering -
挺 すto put (oneself) forward, to risk (one's life), to volunteer (bravely) -
挺 するto put (oneself) forward, to risk (one's life), to volunteer (bravely) -
挺 進 go ahead of -
挺 銀 chōgin (Edo-period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber) -
挺 幹 caudex (of a plant) -
空 挺 airborne -
鉄 挺 crowbar -
挺 進 隊 group that goes ahead of the main body -
空 挺 隊 paratroops -
空 挺 兵 paratrooper -
空 挺 堡 airhead -
身 を挺 するto risk one's life (to do), to put one's life on the line, to step forward (to do)... -
空 挺 隊 員 paratroopers -
空 挺 部 隊 airborne troops -
空 挺 作 戦 aerial tactics -
空 挺 師 団 Airborne Division -
空 挺 旅 団 Airborne Brigade -
女 子 挺 身 隊 women's volunteer corps, groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII -
空 挺 降 下 地 域 drop zone -
英 国 陸 軍 特 殊 空 挺 部 隊 Special Air Service, Special Air Service Regiment -
特 殊 空 挺 部 隊 Special Air Service (UK, Australia, etc.)... -
一 挺 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant)... -
八 挺 skillfulness