敏 – cleverness, agile, alert

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1042 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 敏 means cleverness, agile, alert. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビン (bin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さとい (satoi). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビン	bin
Kun’yomi	さとい	satoi

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: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 母・攵・毋・乞.

Words using 敏

敏感びんかんsensitive

Example sentences

私は寒さに敏感だ。

I am very sensitive to the cold.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗攻故散救敬敵敷敢

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