点
Spot
Meanings
Spot, Point, Mark, Speck, Decimal Point
On'yomi
てん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
点 is written in 9 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
点 (Spot) is taught on WaniKani at level 6 and appears in the JLPT N3 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 2 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #165 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 9 strokes.
Other kanji at WaniKani level 6
Words using 点
一点いってんpoint汚点おてんstain観点かんてんpoint of view起点きてんstarting point拠点きょてんbase (of operations)共通点きょうつうてんpoint in common句読点くとうてんpunctuation mark欠点けってんfault原点げんてんstarting point減点げんてんsubtracting points現時点げんじてんpresent point (i.e. in history)採点さいてんmarking視点してんpoint of view時点じてんpoint in time次点じてんrunner-up失点しってんlost point (in a game)
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