徳 — kanji meaning “benevolence”
徳
benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
- Meanings
- benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
- On'yomi
- トク (toku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- あつ、なる、のり、ゆき、よし
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1091 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 60
- Chinese reading
- dé
Words with 徳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道徳 | どうとく doutoku | morals; morality |
| 悪徳 | あくとく akutoku | vice; immorality; corruption |
| 美徳 | びとく bitoku | virtue |
| 不徳 | ふとく futoku | lack of virtue; immorality; vice |
| 淑徳 | しゅくとく shukutoku | womanly virtues |
| 徳島 | とくしま tokushima | Tokushima (city, prefecture) |
| 報徳 | ほうとく houtoku | repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital |
| 大徳 | だいとく daitoku | great virtue |
| 福徳 | ふくとく fukutoku | fortune; happiness and prosperity |
| 高徳 | こうとく koutoku | saintliness; great virtue; eminent virtue |
| 徳利 | とっくり tokkuri | sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar |
| 背徳 | はいとく haitoku | corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue |
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