得
得 — Gain
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can
On’yomiトク (toku)
Kun’yomiえる (eru)
Kun’yomiうる (uru)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 得
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 所得 | しょとく shotoku | income; earnings |
| 所得税 | しょとくぜい shotokuzei | income tax |
| 得点 | とくてん tokuten | scoring; score; points made |
| 獲得 | かくとく kakutoku | acquisition; possession |
| 説得 | せっとく settoku | persuasion |
| 得票 | とくひょう tokuhyou | number of votes polled; poll votes |
Study notes
得 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #175 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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