鈍 – dull, slow, foolish

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The kanji 鈍 means dull, slow, foolish, blunt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドン (don); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にぶ.い、にぶ.る、にぶ-、なま.る、なまく.ら (nibui, niburu, nibu, namaru, namakura). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドン	don
Kun’yomi	にぶ.い	nibui
Kun’yomi	にぶ.る	niburu
Kun’yomi	にぶ-	nibu
Kun’yomi	なま.る	namaru
Kun’yomi	なまく.ら	namakura

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・屯.

Words using 鈍

鈍いにぶいdull (e.g. a knife)鈍いのろいthickheaded鈍感どんかんthickheaded鈍るにぶるto become blunt

Example sentences

概してエリート達は批判に対して鈍感である。

On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

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テレビは創造力を鈍らせる力がある。

Television can dull our creative power.

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インフレ進行度は鈍っている。

The rate of inflation is slowing down.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡

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