Kanji 戴 Words: Meanings and Readings

頂だい

ちょうだい

please (give me; do for me)

戴く

いただく

to get someone to do something

戴きます

いただきます

thank you (for the meal just served)

戴き

いただき

easy win for one

戴冠式

たいかんしき

coronation ceremony

戴ける

いただける

to be able to eat

いただき物

いただきもの

present (that one has received)

お涙ちょうだい

おなみだちょうだい

tearjerker

ポッペアの戴冠

ポッペアのたいかん

L'incoronazione di Poppea (opera by Monteverdi)

押し戴く

おしいただく

to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

菊戴

きくいただき

goldcrest (species of passerine bird, Regulus regulus)

君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず

くんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかず

not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies

推戴

すいたい

(being) presided over by

戴くものは夏も小袖

いただくものはなつもこそで

taking whatever one can get one's hands on

戴冠

たいかん

coronation

戴勝

やつがしら

hoopoe (species of Eurasian bird, Upupa epops)

戴天

たいてん

one's earthly existence

戴白

たいはく

old people

戴帽式

たいぼうしき

capping ceremony (for newly qualified nurses)

頂戴物

ちょうだいもの

present

不倶戴天

ふぐたいてん

cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven

不倶戴天の敵

ふぐたいてんのてき

mortal enemy

奉戴

ほうたい

choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization