テン, つ.ける, つ.く, た.てる, さ.す, とぼ.す, とも.す, ぼち
spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

This kanji has 9 strokes: 2 in the "divining rod" radical (ぼくのと) and 7 other strokes.

Sample compounds (62) :


  1. てん
    spot, mark, point, dot

  2. とぼす
    to light, to turn on

  3. つく
    to catch fire, (electricity) comes on

  4. とぼる
    to burn, to be lighted
  5. じる
    てんじる
    to drop, to light, to kindle, to make tea
  6. ずる
    てんずる
    to drop, to light, to kindle, to make tea

  7. いってん
    speck, dot, point, only a little, particle, only one

  8. よてん
    point given (math)

  9. まんてん
    perfect score

  10. ひゃくてん
    hundred points, perfect mark

  11. てんかく
    the strokes of a character

  12. そうてん
    point at issue

  13. かんてん
    viewpoint

  14. じゅうてん
    important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis

  15. こうてん
    point of intersection

  16. がてん
    (vs) consent, assent, understanding, agreement, comprehension, grasp

  17. なんてん
    (id) what score or grade?

  18. ぶんてん
    equinox, fork, junction

  19. てまえ
    procedures in tea ceremony

  20. どうてん
    deadlock, tie, draw

  21. りきてん
    leverage, emphasis, importance

  22. ぎてん
    doubtful point

  23. てんてん
    here and there, little by little, sporadically, scattered in drops, dot, spot

  24. てんてん
    here and there, little by little, sporadically, scattered in drops, dot, spot

  25. てんざい
    (vs) dotted with

  26. ちてん
    site, point on a map
  27. ゼロ
    ゼロちてん
    ground zero

  28. きてん
    datum point, cardinal point, reference point
  29. ブロック
    てんじブロック
    bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

  30. てんこう
    spotlight

  31. とくてん
    score, points made, marks obtained, runs

  32. てんじん
    Zen monk's snack, refreshment, cakes, Chinese dessert

  33. ひてん
    correction marks

  34. きょてん
    (mil) position, base, point

  35. してん
    fulcrum

  36. てんすう
    marks, points, score, runs, number of items, credits

  37. てんけん
    (vs) inspection, examination, checking

  38. きょくてん
    pole (north, south), climax, extreme (point)

  39. おんてん
    heat spot

  40. げんてん
    (vs) subtract, give a demerit

  41. てんめつ
    switching on and off

  42. てんてき
    falling drop of water, raindrops, intravenous drip

  43. だくてん
    voiced consonant marks (nigori)

  44. てんか
    (vs) ignition, lighting, set fire to

  45. はんてん
    speck, fleck

  46. てんがん
    (vs) dropping medicine in the eyes

  47. がんてん
    eyespot

  48. てんせい
    adding eyes and other finishing touches to an animal painting

  49. りてん
    advantage, point in favor

  50. しゅうてん
    terminus, last stop (e.g train)

  51. てんてい
    a line (of mountains, islands, houses, etc.)

  52. びてん
    virtue, charm, merit, good point

  53. てんじゃ
    critic of haiku poetry

  54. ようてん
    gist, main point

  55. くんてん
    punctuation marks

  56. ひょうてん
    (examination) comments and marks, rating

  57. とうてん
    comma

  58. ろんてん
    point in question (at issue)

  59. てんとう
    (vs) nodding

  60. きてん
    starting point

  61. れいてん
    zero, no marks

  62. ちょうてん
    top, summit
Kanji Character : 点
Kuten Encoding : 3732
SJIS Encoding : 4540
Unicode Encoding : 70b9
Old Nelson Index : 804
Radical Number : 25
Classical Radical Number : 86
Frequency Ranking : 129
Gakken Index : 141
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 2084
Heisig Index : 169
Henshall Index : 179
New Nelson Index : 3412
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2m7.2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : m
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 169
SKIP Code : 2-2-7
De Roo Code : 1240
Four Corner Code : 2133.6
Korean reading : jeom
Pinyin reading : dian3
Morohashi Index String : 18980
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 7.0393
Morohashi Index Number : 18980
Morohashi Page : 393
Morohashi Volume : 7
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP2-5-4
Cross Index Codes
  1. J0735A
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1240
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