resist / mortgage
N1- Onyomi
- テイ
- Stroke count
- 8
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 抵 down and you get 扌 (hand) — a hand reaching in from the left, and beside it 氐 (base / bottom) — a hooked root driven one stroke deeper than the shape above it. Picture two cupped hands together, offering something held between them, put 抵 inside it, and let that scene stand for "resist" — resist / mortgage. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 8
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は8画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 8 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
抵当
teitou
mortgage
抵抗
teikou
resistance
抵抗する
teikousuru
to do resistance
抵抗した
teikoushita
plain past: did resistance
抵抗中です
teikouchuudesu
in the middle of resistance
抵抗しない
teikoushinai
plain negative: does not do resistance
Example sentences (4)
土地に抵当が設定されています。
とち に ていとう が せってい されています。
tochi ni teitou ga settei sareteimasu.
A mortgage has been placed on the land.
抵当が設定された物件は、売却の手続きが複雑になります。
ていとう が せってい された ぶっけん は、ばいきゃく の てつづき が ふくざつ に なります。
teitou ga settei sareta bukken wa, baikyaku no tetsuzuki ga fukuzatsu ni narimasu.
For a property with a mortgage on it, the sale procedure becomes complicated.
新しいやり方に抵抗がありました。
あたらしい やりかた に ていこう が ありました。
atarashii yarikata ni teikou ga arimashita.
There was resistance to the new way of doing things.
慣れないうちは抵抗を感じても、使えば便利さが分かります。
なれない うち は ていこう を かんじて も、つかえば べんりさ が わかります。
narenai uchi wa teikou o kanjite mo, tsukaeba benrisa ga wakarimasu.
You may feel resistance until you get used to it, but once you use it you see how convenient it is.