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徳 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「彳」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
トクとく · toku
Kun
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Meaning
virtue; morality; goodness

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Combines 彳 (to go/act) with 直 (straight) and 心 (heart) — acting with an upright heart, hence 'virtue'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトクとくtoku徳義とくぎ徳用とくよう道徳どうとく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 道徳どうとく

    morality

  • 人徳じんとく

    personal virtue

More words with this kanji

  • 悖徳はいとく
  • 懿徳いとく
  • 美徳びとく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

道徳(どうとく)の じかんに、思(おも)いやりの 大切(たいせつ)さを 学(まな)んだ。

In our morals class, we learned how important kindness is.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 彳Map of reading トクAll maps

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