Kanji1 / 6
当 kanji
hit, right, appropriate, himself
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
あたるあたりあてるあてまさにまさにべし
Variant forms
當Words with 当
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —当帰dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
- —当接coming into contact; abutting
- —瓦当decorative cap of an eave-end roof tile
- —耳当earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han dynasty China)
- —当金on-the-spot payment
- —当銀on-the-spot payment
- —当薬dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine)
- —当寺this temple
- —当山this mountain; this temple
- —当腹child born to one's current wife
- —当園this park (kindergarten, zoo, etc.)
- —当季this season; nowadays; these days
- —当館this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall
- —当稿this article; this manuscript; this paper; this post (on a blog, etc.)
- —残当unfortunate but expected; harsh but fair
- —当週week in question; appointed week; that very week; the week (of issue, publication, etc.)
- —応当corresponding (to); being equivalent; being relevant (to)
- —該当者person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
- —充当金appropriation
- —正当化justification; warrant