漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鈍: dull, slow
Also: foolish, blunt
JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 屯 gives the sound
12 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ドンdon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鈍器どんきblunt weapon
- 鈍角どんかくobtuse angle
- 鈍感などんかんなthickheaded, insensitive
- 愚鈍なぐどんなstupid, dull, silly
- 鈍臭いどんくさいslow (person), slow-witted
にぶいnibui · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鈍いにぶいdull, thickheaded, slow [adj.]
にぶるniburu · kun'yomi
- 鈍るにぶるgrow dull, become blunt [v.i.]
Also read にぶ-, なまる, なまくら, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ドン
2 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 钝 · traditional, as in Japanese · dùn
Japan keeps the traditional form 鈍; mainland China simplifies it to 钝.
- Simplified
- 钝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鈍 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dùn 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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