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点

Point
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingテン
Kun readingつ.ける、つ.く
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2Level 6

Verbs with «点»

点在する点検する点灯する

Meanings

  1. point
  2. decimal point
  3. mark
  4. speck
  5. spotRtK

Homonyms

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Same reading (てん)
店 · store天 · sky

Popular Usage

交差点欠点採点弱点終点重点焦点句読点観点起点原点減点

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fortune-telling · magic wand · augury · mouth (口) · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 181

Compound words

交差点こうさてん
crossing; intersection
欠点けってん
fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness
採点さいてん
marking; grading; scoring
弱点じゃくてん
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw
終点しゅうてん
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
重点じゅうてん
important point; emphasis; stress; importance; priority
焦点しょうてん
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; central point
句読点くとうてん
punctuation mark
班点はんてん
(scattered) spots
観点かんてん
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
起点きてん
starting point; origin
原点げんてん
starting point; origin; beginning; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
減点げんてん
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
一点いってん
point; dot; speck; one point; one matter
汚点おてん
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
拠点きょてん
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold
視点してん
point of view; viewpoint; angle; perspective; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
時点じてん
point in time; occasion
次点じてん
runner-up
失点しってん
lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal; run charged to the pitcher; blunder
接点せってん
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
争点そうてん
point at issue
地点ちてん
spot; point; place; position
頂点ちょうてん
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; peak

On Reading Examples

彼は多くの点で周りの人と違う。てん
He is different from the people around him.tatoeba
彼は多くの点で私より優れている。てん
He is superior to me in many respects.tatoeba
彼は多くの点で偉大である。てん
He is great in many ways.tatoeba
彼は全ての点で完璧だ。てん
He's perfect at everything.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は大きな欠点もあるが、やはり偉大な学者だと思う。
He has some grave defects, but I think he is a great scholar all the same.tatoeba
彼は怠け者に対して点が辛い。
He is very hard on lazy people.tatoeba
彼は多くの点で周りの人と違う。
He is different from the people around him.tatoeba
彼は多くの点で私より優れている。
He is superior to me in many respects.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Point, mark. 占 (divination) + 灬 (fire) — spots left on bone after reading it over a fire.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 点

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