徳

benevolence

Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingトク

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 5

Meanings

benevolenceRtK
virtue
朝起きは三文の徳。The early bird catches the worm.tatoeba
彼は不道徳な男だ。He is an evil man.tatoeba
goodness
彼は美徳の人です。He is a man of virtue.tatoeba
彼は徳のある人だ。He is a man of virtue.tatoeba

sake bottle
tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
turtleneck (sweater)
non-swimmer
person who cannot swim

Radicals and components

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Components

How it's built

徳

Mnemonic (RtK)

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · stethoscope · camel · ten (十) · needle (丨) · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 950

Compound words

徳利とっくり

sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

徳川家康とくがわいえやす

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), warlord who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate.

徳川吉宗とくがわよしむね

Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751), eighth Tokugawa shogun, known for the Kyōhō Reforms and planting Tokyo's cherry trees.

悪徳あくとく

vice; immorality; corruption

淑徳しゅくとく

womanly virtues

道徳どうとく

morals; morality

不徳ふとく

lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness

お徳おとく

偉徳いとく

威徳いとく

virtue and influence

遺徳いとく

benefit from ancestors' virtue

一徳いっとく

御徳おとく

彰徳しょうとく

人徳じんとく

personal virtue, character

徳育とくいく

moral education

徳撒テキサス

徳川とくがわ

Tokugawa (clan, shogunate)

徳目とくもく

美徳びとく

virtue, good quality

悖徳はいとく

懿徳いとく

頌徳しょうとく

道徳經どうとくきょう

Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu)

Additional Examples

彼は徳を備えた人だ。

He is a man of virtue.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 徳

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