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鈍

JLPT N2 12 strokes Frequency: #1574

Meanings

Dull, Slow, Foolish, Blunt

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒屯

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot top-left-to-bottom-right

3 horizontal left-to-right

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 corner bottom-to-top

11 vertical right-to-left

12 curve top-to-bottom

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ドン don

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

なまく namaku

にぶ nibu

なま nama

Words Using This Kanji

50 words total

Other (20 words)

insensitive

blockhead

dull pain

obtuse angle

slow

thickheaded

thickheaded

blunt weapon

becoming numb

becoming dull

local train

dull (e.g. a knife)

to become blunt

dull

dullness

stupidity

poverty dulls the wit

運根鈍うんこんどん

luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)

薄鈍うすのろ

half-wit

愚鈍ぐどん

stupid

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