Info on the Kanji 当

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What is this? "当"

Meaning(s)

hit, right, appropriate, himself

Reading(s)

onyomi TOU
kunyomi a-taru, a-teru

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stroke count 6
grade 2
jlpt level N3
Example words with 当
WordMeaning
とう
tou
this
ひきあて
hikiate
mortgage / security
かとう
ka tou
excessive / exorbitant
わりあて
wariate
allotment / assignment / allocation / quota / rationing / binding
けんとう
kentou
aim / mark / estimate / guess / approximation / direction
みみとう
mimi tou
earplug
しつとう
shitsu tou
injustice / impropriety / unreasonableness
てあて
teate
salary / pay / compensation / allowance / benefit / bonus / medical care / treatment / advance preparation
まこととう
makoto tou
proper / respectable / decent / honest
せいとう
seitou
just / justifiable / right / due / proper / equitable / reasonable / legitimate / legal / lawful
そうとう
soutou
befitting / becoming / worthy of / proportionate / in keeping with / suitable / considerable / substantial / to be worthy of / to be proportionate to / to correspond to / to be equivalent / extremely / considerably
ついとう
tsui tou
opposition / equivalence / correspondence
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Example Sentences with 当
彼女は本に賢いよね?

ほとんどの科学的進歩は然のことについての発見に過ぎない。

残念ながらそれは本なのです。





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