Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: dull, slow, foolish, blunt

Kunyomi: にぶ.い にぶ.る にぶ- なま.る なまく.ら

Onyomi: ドン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

器(どんき)   blunt weapon

角(どんかく)   obtuse angle

感な(どんかんな)   thickheaded, insensitive

な(ぐどんな)   stupid, dull, silly

臭い(どんくさい)   slow (person), slow-witted

る(にぶる)   grow dull, become blunt [v.i.]

い(にぶい)   dull, thickheaded, slow [adj.]

Onyomi Examples

ドン dull, slow, stupid, dull-brained

ドンカ becoming dull, slowing down

ショウドン annealing

グドン stupidity, silliness, asininity, imbecility, dim-wittedness

Kunyomi Examples

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

い音 にぶいおと dull sound, muffled sound

にぶる to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter

にぶる to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter

なまくら blunt (e.g. sword), dull, lazy, cowardly, good for nothing