Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
dull, slow, foolish, blunt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鈍 【ドン】 dull, slow, stupid, dull-brained
  • 鈍化 【ドンカ】 becoming dull, slowing down
  • 焼鈍 【ショウドン】 annealing
  • 愚鈍 【グドン】 stupid, dim-witted, dense, dull, obtuse, slow

Kun reading compounds

  • 鈍い 【にぶい】 dull (e.g. a knife), blunt, thickheaded, obtuse, stupid, dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light), slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic, insensitive, dull (e.g. reflexes), unperceptive, unfeeling
  • 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
  • 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
  • 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
  • 鈍ら 【なまくら】 blunt (e.g. sword), dull, lazy, cowardly, good for nothing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4
Korean:
dun

Spanish

  • torpe
  • pesado
  • embotado
  • obtuso
  • embotarse
  • atascarse

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • lento
  • estúpido
  • embotado
  • sem corte

French

  • émoussé
  • lent
  • bête
1671 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1731 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4830 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1388 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
975 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1943 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
966 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
997 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1372 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1507 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1509 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40219 Morohashi
1689 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6235 New Nelson (John Haig)
1495 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1611 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1597 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2856 2001 Kanji
8a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
8511.7 Four corner code
1-38-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
920d Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
root, radical, head (pimple)
Kun:
-ね
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
  • 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
  • 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
  • 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb

Kun reading compounds

  • 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
  • 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
  • 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
  • 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gen1
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • raíz matemática
  • perseverancia
  • raíz

Portuguese

  • raiz
  • radical
  • verruga

French

  • racine
  • radical
  • point noir (acné)
216 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
298 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
282 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
535 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2261 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
425 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
632 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
314 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
974 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1092 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1167 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1473 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14745 Morohashi
930 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2670 New Nelson (John Haig)
1461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
390 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
355 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1865 2001 Kanji
4a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4793.2 Four corner code
1-26-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6839 Unicode hex code