noun

  1. (an) order of merit, medals for merit.
  2. order (first, second, etc. of a medal or decoration), class number (first, second, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
勲等 くんとう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

meritorious deed, merit
クン いさお いさむ (9th, N1)
move, motion, change
ドウ うご.く るぎ (3rd, N4)
heavy, important, esteem
ジュウ おも.い かさ.ねる (3rd, N4)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
etc., and so forth, class (first)
トウ ひと.しい -ら (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)