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hit
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingあ.たる、あ.たり、あ.てる、あ.て、まさ.に、まさ.にべし
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. hitRtK
    初演は大当たりだった。The first performance was a smash hit.wiki
  2. appropriate
  3. himself
  4. right
    あなたは推理が当たった。You guessed right.tatoeba
    あなたがメールでおっしゃることは全て正当です。価格を除いては。Everything you said in your mail is just right - except the price.tatoeba
  1. to be hit
  2. to strike
  3. to touch
  4. to be in contact
  5. to be affixed

Popular Usage

お弁当適当見当当たる当てる心当たり当て該当当たり当て字当たり前当てはまる

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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small (小) · broom

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1236

Compound words

お弁当おべんとう
bento; Japanese box lunch
適当てきとう
suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit
見当けんとう
estimate; guess; conjecture; aim; direction
当たるあたる
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
当てるあてる
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against
心当たりこころあたり
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
見当たるみあたる
to be found
該当するがいとうする
to correspond
担当するたんとうする
to be
相当するそうとうする
to correspond
該当がいとう
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under
当てあて
aim; object; purpose; end; expectations
当たりあたり
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability
当たり前あたりまえ
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common
当てはまるあてはまる
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word)
当てはめるあてはめる
to apply; to adapt
穏当おんとう
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
過当かとう
excessive; exorbitant
充当じゅうとう
allocation; appropriation
正当せいとう
just; justifiable; right; due; proper
相当そうとう
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; befitting
妥当だとう
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
担当たんとう
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
抵当ていとう
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge

On Reading Examples

人は教授という人たちが英語を話せるのは当然の事と思いがちだ。とうぜん
People are apt to take it for granted that the professor can speak English.tatoeba
私には本当のことを話してもらいたい。ほんとう
I want you to tell me the truth.tatoeba
ロンドンに留学されるって本当ですか？ほんとう
Is it true that you are going to study in London?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は弁当を持っている。
He has a lunch.tatoeba
彼は部下に当たり散らした。
He damned his men right and left.tatoeba
彼は彼女の話が本当かどうか疑った。
He doubted the truth of her story.tatoeba
彼は彼女が当惑しているのに気づいた。
He noticed her embarrassment.tatoeba
1の姪に当たる。
She was a niece of 1.wiki
その護衛に当たる。
It was accompanied by Sadakatsu.wiki
後光厳天皇をその一に当てる説もある。
Some insist that one of them was Emperor Gokogon.wiki
それから天気を当てる釜として有名になったという。
Then it is said that the iron pot became famous as a weather forecaster.wiki
丈山は選定に当たり林羅山と協議した。
Jozan worked in cooporation with Razan HAYASHI on the selections.wiki
かつてはそのまま乾燥させたため種が入っていて当たり前であった。
It was natural that it would contain seeds as they were originally dried as is.wiki
当て字を使用しているもの
The one using Chinese characters as a phonetic equivalentwiki
香蓋とも書かれるが当て字。
Kogo (香合) is also written as 香蓋 in Chinese characters, however, which is phonetic-equivalent characters.wiki
これらのことは明神号にも多くが当てはまる。
The descriptions above of the title of gongen are mostly true of the title of myojin (the illuminator deity).wiki
よって、全てのセットメニューが定食に当てはまるわけではない。
Therefore this does not mean that all set menu are teishoku.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

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