鈍
鈍 — Dull
dull, slow, foolish, blunt
On’yomiドン (don)
Kun’yomiにぶい (nibui)
Kun’yomiにぶる (niburu)
Kun’yomiにぶ- (nibu)
Kun’yomiなまる (namaru)
Kun’yomiなまくら (namakura)
Stroke order (12 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 鈍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鈍化 | どんか donka | becoming dull; slowing down |
| 鈍感 | どんかん donkan | thickheaded; insensitive; dull |
| 鈍い | にぶい nibui | dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded |
| 鈍い | のろい noroi | thickheaded; obtuse; stupid |
| 鈍る | にぶる niburu | to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable |
| 鈍らす | にぶらす niburasu | to blunt; to dull; to weaken |
Study notes
鈍 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1574 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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