梯
ladder, stairs, insatiable drinking
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
20 of 23- 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)
Study
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.