Kanji
亭
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1627
pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage
On'yomi (音読み)
テイ、 チン
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
料亭
りょうてい
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
亭主
ていしゅ
household head; master
亭午
ていご
noon
亭主関白
ていしゅかんぱく
domineering husband; hectoring husband
旗亭
きてい
restaurant; inn
池亭
ちてい
arbor (arbour, bower) by a lake
旅亭
りょてい
hotel; inn
勘亭流
かんていりゅう
Kantei style of calligraphy
涼亭
りょうてい
pavilion in a garden (used to keep cool); gazebo
亭
てい
arbor; arbour
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
亭々
ていてい
lofty (tree)
亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
知らぬは亭主ばかりなり
しらぬはていしゅばかりなり
the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
Example sentences
亭主(ていしゅ)が女房(にょうぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれるのも当然(とうぜん)だ。
No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
女房(にょうぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれている亭主(ていしゅ)は、幸(しあわ)せな独り者(ひとりもの)に話(はな)してはじめて、自分(じぶん)の問題(もんだい)を認識(にんしき)することがたびたびだ。
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.