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Kanji 点: meaning "point, score", readings, stroke order

The kanji 点 means "point, score". On'yomi: テン; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
point, score
On'yomi
テン
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
點 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 点

  • 点検 てんけん — Inspection / check
  • 交差点 こうさてん — Intersection
  • 点 てん — mark, score, grade; point, dot
  • 点く つく — to be started, to be switched on
  • 欠点 けってん — faults, defect, weakness
  • 要点 ようてん — Key point
  • 原点 げんてん — Starting point / origin
  • 観点 かんてん — Viewpoint
  • 視点 してん — Perspective / angle
  • ~点 ~てん — counter for scores
  • 句読点 くとうてん — punctuation marks
  • 採点 さいてん — marking, grading

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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