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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

敦: industry, kindliness

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

攵 carries the meaning · 享 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

トンton · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 敦厚とんこうsincerity and kindheartedness

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 敦賀女子短期大学つるがじょしたんきだいがくTsuruga Women's Junior College
  • 敦賀市立看護大学つるがしりつかんごだいがくTsuruga Nursing University

Also read タイ, ダン, チョウ, あつい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
More in the 攵 to strike story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
享

Also built on enjoy (享)

攵

Also built on to strike (攵)

All 26

Also read トン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read タイ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read ダン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read チョウ

39 kanji share this on'yomiAll 39

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
敦 industry · 攵
vs淳 pure · 氵
敦 has 攵 where 淳 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dūn

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

Simplified
敦 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
敦 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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