9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N3

spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

Kun'yomi
  • to turn on
  • to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.) ②to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.)
  • to make tea (matcha)
  • to pour ②to put on (lipstick, etc.) ③to light (a fire)
  • to light (a candle, lamp, etc.)
  • to light (a candle, lamp, etc.)
  • ぼち
On'yomi
  • dot ②mark (in an exam, etc.) ③counter for points, marks, goals, etc. ④counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

テン 99.7%
ける 0.2%
とも 0.1%

Character Breakdown

spot, point, mark
テン つ.ける とも.す (2nd, N3)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う セン し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

dot ②mark (in an exam, etc.) ③counter for points, marks, goals, etc. ④counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
point in time
marks ②number of items
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References

Unicode hex code 70B9
JIS X 0208 1-37-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 804
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3412
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2084
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2587
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1322
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1793
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 169
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 181
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 141
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 229
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18980
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 179
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 169
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 169
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 285
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 714
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 196
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 185
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 175
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 399
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1275
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 171
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2m7.2
Four corner code 2133.6
De Roo Code 1240