Kanji N3

当: hit, right, appropriate

当 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning hit, right, appropriate, written with 6 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and あたる, あたり, あてる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 当時 (とうじ, at that time) and 本当 (ほんとう, truth).

当

Meanings

  • hit
  • right
  • appropriate
  • himself
Strokes6
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#91 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

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

Kun reading
  • あたる
  • あたり
  • あてる
  • あて
  • まさに
  • まさにべし

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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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 6. Start at the dot.

Common words with 当

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

  • 当時とうじ

    at that time; in those days

    JLPT N3
  • 本当ほんとう

    truth; reality; actuality; fact

    JLPT N5
  • 相当そうとう

    corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.)

    JLPT N3
  • 適当てきとう

    suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit

    JLPT N4
  • 担当たんとう

    being in charge (of an area of responsibility)

    JLPT N3
  • 当てるあてる

    to hit

    JLPT N3
  • 弁当べんとう

    bento; Japanese box lunch

    JLPT N3
  • 見当けんとう

    estimate; guess; conjecture; aim

    JLPT N3

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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.