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當

當 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あてる、あたる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「田」+音符「尚」。「あたる」を意味する漢語｛當｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bear, accept, undertake, just

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウ
Kun (native)
  • あ(たる)
  • あ(てる)
  • まさ(に)
Nanori (used in names)
  • と
Other languages
  • 拼音dang1
  • 拼音dang4
  • 한글dang
  • Hán-ViệtĐương
  • Hán-ViệtĐáng

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
田(た)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7576

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𫩠田

Words using this kanji

  • 當十錢とうじゅうぜんtype of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-8
Four Corner
9060.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n3.3
Nelson
1367