noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. carrying (on one's person or in the hand).

noun

Abbreviation, usually written with kana alone.
  1. mobile phone, cell phone.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
携帯 けいたい
 
 
 
 
ケータイ
 
 
 
 
ケイタイ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

portable, carry (in hand), armed with
ケイ たずさ.える (8th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
superior, outstanding, talented
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
sash, belt, obi
タイ おび お.びる (4th, N2)
thirty
セイ セ ソウ (Kentei 1)
thirty
ソウ さんじゅう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)