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当

Kanji 当: meaning "hit, right", readings, stroke order

The kanji 当 means "hit, right". On'yomi: トウ; kun'yomi: あたる、あてる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
hit, right
On'yomi
トウ
Kun'yomi
あたるあてる
Strokes
6
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
當 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 当

  • お弁当 おべんとう — a boxed lunch
  • 本当 ほんとう — real, true
  • 当然 とうぜん — Naturally
  • 当時 とうじ — At that time
  • 当初 とうしょ — Initially
  • 当日 とうじつ — That day / the day of
  • 適当 てきとう — Appropriate / random
  • 当然 とうぜん — Naturally / obvious
  • 当たり前 あたりまえ — usual, common, obvious
  • 当たる あたる — to be hit, to be successful
  • 当てる あてる — to hit; to apply to
  • 当り あたり — hit, success, reaching the mark

Stroke order · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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