得 – gain, get, find

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#175 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 得 means gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トク (toku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is え.る、う.る (eru, uru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トク	toku
Kun’yomi	え.る	eru
Kun’yomi	う.る	uru

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: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 寸・日・彳・一.

Words using 得

得るえるto get得るうるto be able to ...得意とくいsatisfaction納得なっとくconsent損得そんとくloss and gain心得るこころえるto know心得こころえknowledge (of a skill, art, etc.)得点とくてんscoring獲得かくとくacquisition所得しょとくincome説得せっとくpersuasion

Example sentences

１０チームが賞を得ようと争った。

Ten teams competed for the prize.

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これらのガスは地球規模の温暖化をもたらし得る。

These gases can lead to global warming.

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彼との交際で得るところが多かった。

I benefited much from my association with him.

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Kanji with the same radical

後役待復従彼徒徴徹律御徳微往径徐

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