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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: 彳 㝵

得

Radical

Radical: 彳

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

得な(とくな)   profitable, economical

得意な(とくいな)   be good at

お得意さん(おとくいさん)   customer

所得(しょとく)   income

損得(そんとく)   loss and gain

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

説得する(せっとくする)   persuade

習得する(しゅうとくする)   learn, master

獲得する(かくとくする)   obtain, acquire

得る(える/うる)   obtain, acquire

得難い(えがたい)   hard to get

止むを得ない(やむをえない)   unavoidable, inevitable

Onyomi Examples

得 (トク) profit, advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

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

拾得 (シュウトク) finding (lost property), picking up

体得 (タイトク) mastery, learning through experience, realization, realisation, comprehension

Kunyomi Examples

得る (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 ...

得る (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

得撫草 (うるっぷそう) weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)

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