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Kotomora

逓

relay, in turn, sending

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • テイ

Kun'yomi

  • かわ.る
  • たがいに

Meaning

逓 centers on sequential handover: passing something along in turn, relaying, or sending step by step.

Most common words using 逓

  • 逓減ていげん

    gradual decrease; gradual diminution

  • 逓信ていしん

    communications (e.g. post, telegraph)

  • 収穫逓減しゅうかくていげん

    diminishing returns

  • 収穫逓減の法則しゅうかくていげんのほうそく

    law of diminishing returns; law of diminishing marginal returns

  • 周波数逓倍器しゅうはすうていばいき

    frequency multiplier

  • 逓伝ていでん

    relay

  • 逓信大臣ていしんだいじん

    Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)

  • 逓信省ていしんしょう

    Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)

  • 逓倍ていばい

    multiplication (e.g. of frequencies)

  • 逓倍器ていばいき

    multiplier (e.g. frequency)

  • 逓増ていぞう

    gradual increase

  • 逓次ていじ

    successively; in order

  • 逓送ていそう

    forwarding

  • 逓降変圧器ていこうへんあつき

    step-down transformer

  • 限界効用逓減の法則げんかいこうようていげんのほうそく

    law of diminishing marginal utility

  • 限界生産物逓減の法則げんかいせいさんぶつていげんのほうそく

    law of diminishing marginal product

  • 駅逓えきてい

    delivery of packages; postal service

  • 駅逓局えきていきょく

    post office

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Etymology

逓 is the modern simplified form of 遞. The older form combines 辶 (movement) with 虒, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of sequential passing. The modern inner component 乕 is a simplification.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around 乕, which looks like a tiger's head passing something along. Picture a relay race where each runner hands off a baton in turn.

Reading mnemonic

For テイ, imagine a relay team passing a tray: tray -> テイ, and the tray moves from person to person in turn.