noun

  1. (outward) appearance.
  2. (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style.
  3. appearances, decency, show, display.
  4. lip-service, insincere words, glib talk.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
体裁 ていさい
たい
さい
体裁 たいさい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

body, substance, object
タイ からだ テイ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
book, present, main
ホン もと まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
tailor, judge, decision
サイ さば.く た.つ (6th, N1)
to cut, wound, hurt
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant