16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

truth, clarity, abandon, give up

Kun'yomi
  • to give up
  • つまびらか
  • まこと
On'yomi
  • テイ
  • タイ
    satya

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あきらめる 99.9%
テイ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

truth, clarity, abandon
あきら.める テイ タイ (11th)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
sovereign, the emperor, god
テイ みかど (8th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)

Common Words

clear insight ②resignation (to one's fate)
point where one has to accept one's fate
to resign oneself (to)
not knowing when to give up
not knowing when to give up
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References

Unicode hex code 8AE6
JIS X 0208 1-36-92
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4407
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5663
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2010
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1444
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2716
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 467
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2516
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35716
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1238
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a9.16
Four corner code 0062.7