Kanji1 / 9
点 kanji
spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
テン
Kun readings
つけるつくたてるさすとぼすともすぼち
Variant forms
點Words with 点
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —逆点reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables; sudden change; comeback; reversal (of direction of rotation)
- —切点point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection; point of agreement; common ground
- —班点(scattered) spots; specks; speckles
- —旁点marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
- —点点here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops; dots; spots
- —点手tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
- —一点張persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; focusing on one thing; always making the same bet
- —少数点decimal point; radix point
- —有頂点ecstasy; highest heaven
- —交叉点crossing; intersection
- —生長点growing point; point of growth
- —入口点entry point
- —一点物one-of-a-kind item
- —点検孔access hole (usu. floor or ceiling trap); inspection hole
- —点取屋prolific scorer; goal-getter
- —乎古止点diacritical marks used for interpreting classical Chinese
- —乎己止点diacritical marks used for interpreting classical Chinese
- —遠古登点diacritical marks used for interpreting classical Chinese
- —にごり点voiced consonant marks
- —画龍点睛finishing touches; last vital touch