廷 means “court, courtroom”

てい · tei

Also: courts, imperial court, government office

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テイ

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The story

Picture someone walking (廴) up to a figure standing tall (壬): approaching the bench. 法廷 is a courtroom, where witnesses 出廷, appear in court, and 宮廷 is a royal court of palaces and ceremony.

Used in 法廷 (houtei, courtroom), 出廷 (shuttei, appearing in court), and 宮廷 (kyuutei, royal court)

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• 糾 denounce
• 赦 pardon
• 陪 accompany
• 劾 impeach
• 遵 obey
• 裁 judge
• 証 evidence
• 条 article
• 審 examine
• 訴 sue
• 憲 constitution
• 弁 speech

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.