# 第 — ordinal number; No.

第 means “ordinal number; No.”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: ダイ (dai). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: ordinal number; No.
- On'yomi: ダイ (dai)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Numbers & amounts 1

## How to remember 第

Parts: 竹 bamboo · 弔 condolences · 丿 slash

## Don't confuse it with

[筆](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/writing-brush/) · [箋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/memo-paper/)

## More in the “Numbers & amounts 1” set

[全](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/whole/) · [最](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/most/) · [約](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/promise/) · [総](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/overall/) · [加](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/add/) · [数](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/number/) · [第](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ordinal-number/) · [増](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/increase/) · [各](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/each/)

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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/n3-kanji/ordinal-number/. Last updated 2026-11-01.