Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

惇: sincere, kind

Also: considerate

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 享 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

トンton · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 惇厚とんこうsincerity and kindheartedness

Also read シュン, ジュン, あつい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
惇 sincere · 忄
vs淳 pure · 氵
惇 has 忄 where 淳 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dūn

Same form: 惇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
惇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
惇 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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