字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Bronze · ZhouZhou · c. 1000 BCEFrom Xiaoxuetang.
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Time & Sequence
丶
丶 dot
てん ten
1 strokeRadical of 5 kanjiPart of 21
Your ink in 丶0% painted · 0 of 5 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A small fire on a torch, when used as the original form of 主.
Source: Wiktionary, 丶 (rev. 89262399), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The power of a single point! Imagine a single drop of ink falling onto a page, or a tiny spark of light in the darkness. This radical represents the smallest unit of focus and change. When you see it, think of a detail that makes all the difference—like the flame on a lamp or the unique mark that identifies a master.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates a point of focus, small objects (seeds/drops), emphasis, or used as a distinguishing mark to change the meaning of a base character.
一覧
Every kanji with 丶 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 5 kanji