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徳

Virtue
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingトク
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 31

Meanings

  1. virtue
  2. goodness
  3. benevolenceRtK
  1. sake bottle
  2. tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
  3. turtleneck (sweater)
  4. non-swimmer
  5. person who cannot swim

Radicals and components

Radical彳step
Components
How it's built
徳
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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
bargain
偉徳いとく
great virtue
威徳いとく
virtue and influence
遺徳いとく
benefit from ancestors' virtue
一徳いっとく
virtue
御徳おとく
bargain
彰徳しょうとく
public praise
人徳じんとく
personal virtue, character
徳育とくいく
moral education
徳撒テキサス
Texas
徳川とくがわ
Tokugawa (clan, shogunate)
徳目とくもく
virtue, moral
美徳びとく
virtue, good quality
悖徳はいとく
corruption
懿徳いとく
great virtue
頌徳しょうとく
eulogy
道徳經どうとくきょう
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu)

On Reading Examples

朝起きは三文の徳。とく
The early bird catches the worm.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不道徳な男だ。
He is an evil man.tatoeba
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
彼は徳を備えた人だ。
He is a man of virtue.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Virtue. 彳 (path) + 直 (straight) + 心 (heart) — walking through life with an upright heart. 道徳 — morality.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 徳

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