徳 — benevolence, virtue, goodness

とく徳 benevolence

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+5FB3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1091 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #950 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

benevolence
virtue
goodness
commanding respect

word

とく toku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

徳(とく) toku virtue 道(どう) 徳(とく) doutoku morality 徳(とく) 島(しま) tokushima Tokushima (prefecture) 道(どう) 徳(とく) 的(てき) doutokuteki moral 徳(とく) 川(がわ) tokugawa Tokugawa 悪(あく) 徳(とく) akutoku vice

Appears in idioms

早起きは三文の徳諺

Early rising is worth three mon (pennies)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

彳 step

じゅう十 ten #24

罒 net (top form)

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#60 彳 step