点 – spot, point, mark

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#165 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 点 means spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テン (ten); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す、とぼ.す、とも.す、ぼち (tsukeru, tsuku, tateru, sasu, tobosu, tomosu, bochi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テン	ten
Kun’yomi	つ.ける	tsukeru
Kun’yomi	つ.く	tsuku
Kun’yomi	た.てる	tateru
Kun’yomi	さ.す	sasu
Kun’yomi	とぼ.す	tobosu
Kun’yomi	とも.す	tomosu
Kun’yomi	ぼち	bochi

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: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 口・卜・杰.

Words using 点

交差点こうさてんcrossing点てんdot点くつくto be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.)欠点けってんfault要点ようてんgist視点してんpoint of view採点さいてんmarking弱点じゃくてんweak point終点しゅうてんterminus重点じゅうてんimportant point焦点しょうてんfocus地点ちてんspot頂点ちょうてんvertex点数てんすうmarks満点まんてんperfect score零点れいてんzero (points, marks)句読点くとうてんpunctuation mark点々てんてんhere and there原点げんてんstarting point得点とくてんscoring観点かんてんpoint of view起点きてんstarting point点検てんけんdetailed inspection盲点もうてんblind spot (on the retina)

Example sentences

あの交差点で何が起こったのか。

What happened at that crossing?

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どんな小さな点でも見ることができる。

I can see the tiniest spot.

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合格した生徒の名前の前に点をつけて下さい。

Will you put a dot before the names of the successful students?

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Kanji with the same radical

無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙炭烈熟

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