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้ˆ
JLPT N2 12 strokes Frequency: #1574

Meanings

Dull, Slow, Foolish, Blunt

Radicals

้‡’

Decomposition

โฟฐ้‡’ๅฑฏ

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)
ใƒ‰ใƒณ don
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใชใพใ namaku
ใซใถ nibu
ใชใพ nama

Words Using This Kanji

50 words total
Other (20 words)
้ˆ็‰ฉ ใฉใ‚“ใถใค

blockhead

้ˆ่ง’ไธ‰่ง’ๅฝข ใฉใ‚“ใ‹ใใ•ใ‚“ใ‹ใใ‘ใ„

obtuse triangle

้ˆ่ถณ ใฉใ‚“ใใ

slow-footed

้ˆๅˆ€ ใฉใ‚“ใจใ†

dull or blunt sword

้ˆๆ น ใฉใ‚“ใ“ใ‚“

slow-witted

้ˆ่‰ฒ ใซใณใ„ใ‚

dark gray

ๅˆฉ้ˆ ใ‚Šใฉใ‚“

sharp or blunt

็—ด้ˆ ใกใฉใ‚“

dull-witted

่…•ใŒ้ˆใ‚‹ ใ†ใงใŒใซใถใ‚‹

to become less capable

ๆฑบๅฟƒใŒ้ˆใ‚‹ ใ‘ใฃใ—ใ‚“ใŒใซใถใ‚‹

to waver in one's resolution

้ˆใ‚‰ใ™ ใซใถใ‚‰ใ™

to blunt

้ˆ้ป„่‰ฒ ใซใถใใ„ใ‚

dull yellow

้ˆใ„้Ÿณ ใซใถใ„ใŠใจ

dull sound

้ˆใ‚‰ ใชใพใใ‚‰

blunt (e.g. sword)

้ˆใกใ‚“ ใซใถใกใ‚“

dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)

้ˆ็”ฒ ใฉใ‚“ใ“

dark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)

้ˆ้ ญ ใฉใ‚“ใจใ†

obtuse (of the shape of a leaf)

้ ญใฎ้ˆใ„ ใ‚ใŸใพใฎใซใถใ„

dim-witted

ๆคŽ้ˆ ใ—ใ„ใซใณ

jet black

้’้ˆ ใ‚ใŠใซใณ

grey tinged with green