Kanji1 / 14
徳 kanji
benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
トク
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
德悳Words with 徳
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —不徳の致すところundesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
- —日本文徳天皇実録Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
- —朝起きは三文の徳the early bird catches the worm
- —大徳は小怨を滅すgreat virtues extinguish small grudges
- —日本道徳教育学会Japan Moral Education Society
- —岐阜聖徳学園大学Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
- —東京成徳短期大学Tokyo Seitoku College
- —徳島県立近代美術館Tokushima Modern Art Museum
- —淑徳大学短期大学部Shukutoku University Junior College
- —聖徳学園岐阜教育大学Gifu University for Education and Languages
- —徳は孤ならず必ず隣ありthe virtuous man will not long remain lonely
- —お徳bargain; good-value; economical
- —御徳bargain; good-value; economical
- —懿徳great virtue; outstanding virtue
- —悖徳corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
- —利徳gain; profit; benefit; amplification
- —徳分profit; gains; returns; (one's) share; portion; earnings from land tax (feudal Japan)
- —智徳knowledge and virtue
- —お買徳bargain; good buy; budget
- —道徳經Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing