逓
relay, in turn, sending
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
Study
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.