Kanji N2

団: group, association

団 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning group, association, written with 6 strokes. It is read ダン, トン (on) and かたまり, まるい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 団体 (だんたい, group) and 集団 (しゅうだん, group).

団

Meanings

  • group
  • association
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#213 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ダン
  • トン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かたまり
  • まるい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 団

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 団体だんたい

    group; party; team

    JLPT N3
  • 集団しゅうだん

    group; mass

    JLPT N3
  • 団地だんち

    multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

    JLPT N2
  • 布団ふとん

    futon

    JLPT N4
  • 座布団ざぶとん

    zabuton

    JLPT N2
  • 劇団げきだん

    troupe; theatrical company

    JLPT N1
  • 公団こうだん

    public corporation

    JLPT N1
  • 団結だんけつ

    unity; union; solidarity; combination

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.