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音読おんよみ: テイ

訓読くんよみ: ほど

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 禾(のぎへん)

Meaning

Extent, degree, limit, distance — often used to express approximate amount, standard, or level.


  • 程度ていど — degree, level
  • 日程にってい — schedule
  • 過程かてい — process
  • 課程かてい — course, curriculum
  • 旅程りょてい — itinerary
  • ほど — about, approximately, extent

This character combines 禾 (grain/rice plant) with the sound element 呈 (テイ). The meaning developed from the idea of measuring crops or units, leading to its broader use to indicate "extent" or "degree."

この問題もんだい中学ちゅうがくレベルの程度ていどです。
This question is at the junior high school level.

1メートル程度ていど距離きょりたもってください。
Please keep a distance of about one meter.

Read as テイ in compounds like 程度 or 日程. The native reading ほど appears in casual expressions to indicate extent or approximation.

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