Meaning & readings

display, offer, present, send, exhibit

On’yomi テイ

Origin

This character combines the mouth radical 口 with 王 as a sound hint. The mouth component suggests the idea of expressing or uttering something, which led to meanings like "display" and "present." The 王 component below doesn't add meaning—it simply indicates roughly how the character should be pronounced. Together, these parts create a character that represents the act of showing or offering something, often through speech or formal presentation.

呈 7 strokes

Components

  • 口 radical top
  • 王 sound hint bottom

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 進呈 しんてい presentation (e.g. of a gift)
  • 贈呈 ぞうてい presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
  • 露呈 ろてい exposure; disclosure

Reference

Strokes
7
Kangxi radical
30
Formation type
Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
Grade
Jōyō (secondary school)
Frequency rank
#1571 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 1
Unicode
U+05448