361.題

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題

1. Meaning and Reading

  • title, topic
  • Onyomi : だい

2. Kanji Explanation

  • 日 : sunlight
  • 正 : correctly
  • 頁 : head

The sunlight (日) shining correctly (正) upon the head (頁). Since the head represents a person, the meaning expanded to ‘subject’ and ‘title’.

題 kanji meaning and mnemonic illustration

3. Example Words

問題 もんだい
question, problem

This problem is very difficult.

話題 わだい
topic of conversation

Tomorrow’s match is becoming a hot topic.