Meanings
- convex
- beetle brow
- uneven
Strokes5
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#2143 of 2,500
Kanji N1
凸: convex, beetle brow, uneven
凸 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning convex, beetle brow, uneven, written with 5 strokes. It is read トツ (on) and でこ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 凸凹 (でこぼこ, unevenness) and 凹凸 (おうとつ, unevenness).
凸
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- トツ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- でこ
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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