題 — how to write the kanji for “topic”
題 (“topic” and “subject”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (96th). Its parts sit one inside another: 是 (“just so”), strokes 1–9; 頁 (“page”, its radical), strokes 10–18, each finished before the next. Its 18 strokes make it one of the longest to write at N4. On its own it is the word dai, “title; subject”. Its common words take the reading dai: 問題 (“question”), 課題 (“subject”), 話題 (“topic”) and 問題点 (“the problem (at issue)”). Mainland Chinese writes it 题 (tí, “topic”), an HSK 1 character.
- Strokes
- 18
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 頁 (“page”)
- On
- ダイ
Stroke by stroke
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- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdownwards
- Right-falling stroke ㇏bottom leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐toprightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and left
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕toprightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒bottomdown and left
- Dot ㇔bottom rightdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (18 strokes in Japanese, 18 strokes in Chinese).
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ダイ dai
- Kun (native)
- none
- Meanings
- topic; subject
- Read dai
- 問題 課題 話題 問題点 議題 題材
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 96th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 제 je
- Common words
- 27 in JMdict
Words with 題
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 問題 | もんだい mondai | question; problem |
| 課題 | かだい kadai | subject; theme |
| 話題 | わだい wadai | topic; subject |
| 問題点 | もんだいてん mondaiten | the problem (at issue); the point at issue |
| 議題 | ぎだい gidai | topic of discussion; agenda |
| 題材 | だいざい daizai | subject; theme |
| 社会問題 | しゃかいもんだい shakaimondai | social problem |
| 主題 | しゅだい shudai | subject; theme |
| 宿題 | しゅくだい shukudai | homework; assignment |
| 難題 | なんだい nandai | difficult problem; challenge |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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