Entry
  1. Noun

    lever

    Usually written using kana alone

    ねじ、てこ、くさび、滑車などは単一機械と呼ばれる。
    The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
  2. agent (causing something to happen); instrument; force

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. assistant; helper

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 梃【てこ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lever

Kun
てこつえ
On
チョウテイ
Strokes
11
Radical
tree

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-4-7SKIP code
4a6.29The Kanji Dictionary
4294.1Four corner code
6883Unicode hex code
1-59-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2266Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2691New Nelson (John Haig)
14827Morohashi
ting3, ting4Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level