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Kotomora

梯

ladder, stairs, insatiable drinking

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • テイ
  • タイ

Kun'yomi

  • はしご

Nanori

  • だい

Meaning

梯 centers on a structure for climbing step by step: a ladder or stairs. The rare sense of insatiable drinking is a figurative extension of climbing or escalating consumption.

Most common words using 梯

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  • 梯子はしご
    N2

    ladder

  • 梯はし

    ladder

  • 繰り出し梯子くりだしはしご

    extension ladder; aerial ladder

  • アニマル梯団アニマルていだん

    Animal Teidan (comedy duo)

  • アメリカ梯沽アメリカでいご

    cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)

  • 宇宙の距離梯子うちゅうのきょりはしご

    cosmic distance ladder; cosmological distance ladder

  • 梯団ていだん

    echelon

  • 梯子ていし

    ladder

  • 梯子の段はしごのだん

    rung of a ladder

  • 梯子を外されるはしごをはずされる

    to be left lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to be abandoned by one's supporters; to have the rug pulled from under one; to have the ladder pulled out from under one

  • 梯子を掛けるはしごをかける

    to set a ladder up against

  • 梯子乗りはしごのり

    ladder-top stunts

  • 梯子段はしごだん

    step; stair; staircase

  • 梯形ていけい

    trapezoid; trapezium

  • 梯梧でいご

    Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata)

  • 白洲梯子しらすばしご

    stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage

  • 索梯さくてい

    rope ladder; jack ladder

  • 綱梯子つなばしご

    rope ladder; jack ladder; ratline

  • 縄梯子なわばしご

    rope ladder

  • 舷梯げんてい

    gangway (ladder)

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Etymology

梯 combines 木 (tree/wood) with 弟, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of order or sequence, suggesting a wooden structure with ordered steps.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 木 suggests wood, and the right side 弟 looks like a series of steps or rungs. Picture a wooden ladder made from a tree, with each rung like a younger brother following in order.

Reading mnemonic

For テイ, imagine climbing a ladder to take a tea break: tea -> テイ, and you reach the top step for a sip.