Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

91 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: hit, right, appropriate, himself

Kunyomi: あ.たる あ.たり あ.てる あ.て まさ.に まさ.にべし

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しょうかんむり

Meaning: pig snout

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

日(とうじつ)   very day

時(とうじ)   in those days, then, at the time

(ほんとう)   truth

(べんとう)   lunch vendor, boxed lunch

選する(とうせんする)   be elected, win a prize

する(たんとうする)   have responsibility for

たる(あたる)   be hit [v.i.]

たり(ひあたり)   exposure to the sun

たり前(あたりまえ)   usual, natural, ordinary

てる(あてる)   hit [v.t.]

てする(てあてする)   provide medical care

Onyomi Examples

トウ this, our, the ... in question, the said ..., right, justice, fairness

トウカク projected to win, sure to be elected, home free

テキトウ suitable, proper, appropriate, adequate, fit, fair, perfunctory, half-minded, sloppy, lazy, careless, noncommittal, unreliable, irresponsible, haphazard

カトウ excessive, exorbitant

Kunyomi Examples

たる あたる to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

たるも八卦たらぬも八卦 あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけ a prediction may or may not come true, only god knows what will happen

たり あたり hit, success, guess, prediction, affability, friendliness, sensation, touch, bruise (on fruit), situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go), bite (of a fish on a hook), strike, per, each

たり前 あたりまえ natural, reasonable, obvious, usual, common, ordinary, commonplace, the norm

てる あてる to hit, to expose, to apply (e.g. patch), to put on, to put against, to hold on, to hold against, to allot, to call on someone (e.g. in class), to guess (an answer), to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

あて aim, object, purpose, end, expectations, prospects, hopes, something that can be relied upon, snack served with alcoholic drink, pad, guard, blow, strike, addressed to, per

てる あてる to hit, to expose, to apply (e.g. patch), to put on, to put against, to hold on, to hold against, to allot, to call on someone (e.g. in class), to guess (an answer), to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)

引き ひきあて mortgage, security

ひたいあて (military) headband with reinforced metal plate, red headband

正に まさに exactly, surely, certainly, just, right then, just then, at that moment, just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening), duly, naturally