Kanji N1

弾: bullet, twang, flip

弾 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning bullet, twang, flip, written with 12 strokes. It is read ダン, タン (on) and ひく, はずむ, たま (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 爆弾 (ばくだん, bomb) and 弾力 (だんりょく, elasticity).

弾

Meanings

  • bullet
  • twang
  • flip
  • snap
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#853 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ダン
  • タン

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

Kun reading
  • ひく
  • -ひき
  • はずむ
  • たま
  • はじく
  • はじける
  • ただす
  • はじきゆみ

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 12. Start at the dot.

Common words with 弾

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

  • 爆弾ばくだん

    bomb

    JLPT N1
  • 弾力だんりょく

    elasticity; flexibility

    JLPT N1
  • 弾むはずむ

    to spring; to bound; to bounce

    JLPT N1
  • 弾くはじく

    to flip; to snap; to flick

    JLPT N1
  • 弾圧だんあつ

    oppression; suppression; pressure

  • 弾みはずみ

    bounce; spring; rebound

  • 銃弾じゅうだん

    bullet (from a rifle)

  • 弾道だんどう

    trajectory; line of fire

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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.