Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

Kunyomi: え.る う.る

Onyomi: トク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

な(とくな)   profitable, economical

意な(とくいな)   be good at

意さん(おとくいさん)   customer

(しょとく)   income

(そんとく)   loss and gain

する(なっとくする)   convince oneself, consent

する(せっとくする)   persuade

する(しゅうとくする)   learn, master

する(かくとくする)   obtain, acquire

る(える/うる)   obtain, acquire

難い(えがたい)   hard to get

止むをない(やむをえない)   unavoidable, inevitable

Onyomi Examples

トク profit, advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

トクイ satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, regular customer, regular client, patron

シュウトク finding (lost property), picking up

タイトク mastery, learning through experience, realization, realisation, comprehension

Kunyomi Examples

える to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...

うる to be able to ..., can ..., to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain

撫草 うるっぷそう weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)