# て — hiragana “te”

て is the hiragana character for the sound “te”. It is written with 1 stroke, and in katakana the same sound is テ.

- Reading: te
- Strokes: 1
- Katakana: テ

## Words with て

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| てがみ | tegami | letter |
| てつだう | tetsudau | to help |
| てん | ten | dot |
| てんき | tenki | weather |
| ていあん | teian | proposal |
| てにいれる | teniireru | to obtain |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/te/. Last updated 2026-11-01.