徳 – benevolence, virtue, goodness

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The kanji 徳 means benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トク (toku). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トク	toku

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: 十・心・買・彳.

Words using 徳

道徳どうとくmorals

Example sentences

この学校は生徒達に高度な道徳水準を課する。

This school sets high moral standards for pupils.

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Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従彼徒徴徹律御微往径徐

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