篤
篤 — Fervent
fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate
On’yomiトク (toku)
Kun’yomiあつい (atsui)
Stroke order (16 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 篤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危篤 | きとく kitoku | critical condition; being on the verge of death |
| 重篤 | じゅうとく juutoku | critical (condition); serious |
| 篤志家 | とくしか tokushika | charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer |
Study notes
篤 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1942 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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