Kanji N3

点: spot, point, mark

点 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning spot, point, mark, written with 9 strokes. It is read テン (on) and つける, つく, たてる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 点 (てん, dot) and 交差点 (こうさてん, crossing).

点

Meanings

  • spot
  • point
  • mark
  • speck
  • decimal point
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#165 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • テン

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

Kun reading
  • つける
  • つく
  • たてる
  • さす
  • とぼす
  • ともす
  • ぼち

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 9. Start at the dot.

Common words with 点

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

  • 点てん

    dot; spot; point; speck; mark

    JLPT N4
  • 交差点こうさてん

    crossing; intersection

    JLPT N5
  • 欠点けってん

    fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness

    JLPT N3
  • 要点ようてん

    gist; main point

    JLPT N3
  • 得点とくてん

    scoring; score; points made; marks obtained

    JLPT N1
  • 重点じゅうてん

    important point; emphasis; stress; importance

    JLPT N2
  • 観点かんてん

    point of view; viewpoint; standpoint

    JLPT N1
  • 原点げんてん

    starting point; origin; beginning

    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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.