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当 — kanji meaning “hit”

hit, right, appropriate, himself

Meanings
hit, right, appropriate, himself
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
6
School grade
2
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#91 of 2,500
Classical radical
58
Chinese reading
dāng, dàng — Chinese character page

Words with 当

WordReadingMeaning
ほんとう hontoutruth; reality; actuality
とうじ toujiat that time; in those days
たんとう tantoubeing in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
とうぜん touzennatural; right; proper
そうとう soutoucorresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to
とうせん tousenbeing elected
とうしょ toushobeginning; start; outset
あたりまえ atarimaenatural; reasonable; obvious
とうじつ toujitsuday in question; appointed day; that very day
てきとう tekitousuitable; proper; appropriate
あたり atarihit
とうきょく toukyokuauthorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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