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Kanji 題: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 題: topic, subject

Key takeaways

Kanji 題: topic, subject. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

topicsubject

On reading

ダイ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 題

topic, subject

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

是 + 頁

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Placing the correct (是) information at the head (頁) or top of a document represents the title or topic. Think of the main subject matter positioned at the very beginning. It is used in common words like 'problem' (問題) and 'title' (題目).

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ダイ
  • 課題かだい

    task / assignment / issue

  • 議題ぎだい

    topic for discussion / agenda

  • 主題しゅだい

    subject / theme / main idea

  • 出題しゅつだい

    posing a question / exam question

  • 題名だいめい

    title

  • だい

    title / subject / theme

  • 話題わだい

    topic / subject of conversation

  • 宿題しゅくだい

    homework

Commonly used words

  • 課題
    かだい

    task / assignment / issue

  • 議題
    ぎだい

    topic for discussion / agenda

  • 主題
    しゅだい

    subject / theme / main idea

  • 出題
    しゅつだい

    posing a question / exam question

  • 題名
    だいめい

    title

  • だい

    title / subject / theme

Example sentences

Example 1

今日の課を終わらせよう。

Translation

Let's finish today's task.

Example 2

会社の新しい課について話した。

Translation

We talked about the company's new issues.

Example 3

今日の会議の議は何ですか。

Translation

What is today’s meeting agenda?

Example 4

を決めるのに時間がかかった。

Translation

It took time to decide the topic of discussion.

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