題
topic, subject
Readings
On'yomi
- ダイ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
題 centers on a heading or subject that sets the focus: a topic for discussion or a subject to be addressed.
Most common words using 題
24 of 268- 問題もんだいN5
question (e.g. on a test); problem
- 話題わだいN3
topic; subject
- 放題ほうだい
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
- 課題かだいN2
subject; theme; issue; matter
- 題だいN3
title; subject; theme; topic
- 宿題しゅくだいN5
homework; assignment
- 題材だいざい
subject; theme
- 題名だいめいN2
title; caption; heading
- 題するだいする
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
- 出題しゅつだいN1
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.)
- 主題しゅだいN1
subject; theme; motif
- 表題ひょうだい
title; index; heading; headline; caption
- 議題ぎだいN1
topic of discussion; agenda
- 本題ほんだい
main topic; main subject; main issue; main question
- 命題めいだい
proposition; thesis; notion; theory
- 難題なんだい
difficult problem; challenge
- 副題ふくだい
subtitle; subheading
- 例題れいだいN1
example; exercise (for the reader)
- 仮題かだい
tentative title
- 題字だいじ
title lettering
- 問題点もんだいてん
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
- 社会問題しゃかいもんだい
social problem
- 問題意識もんだいいしき
awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns
- 南北問題なんぼくもんだい
North-South problem
Study
Etymology
題 combines 是 (straight, correct) with 頁 (head), originally referring to the forehead or front, and later extended to mean a heading or topic.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 頁 means head, and the right side 是 suggests something straight or correct. Imagine a headline written straight across the top of a page—the head of the text—setting the topic.
Reading mnemonic
For ダイ, picture a die with a topic written on each face: die -> ダイ, and you roll it to pick the subject.