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道Nihongo Path
徳

徳·virtue

On-yomi
トク
Kun-yomi
none

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Stroke order

Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.

14 strokes, numbered in writing order. Data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Common words

WordReadingMeaning
道徳どうとくmorality
美徳びとくvirtue
人徳じんとくnatural virtue, personal magnetism
徳川とくがわTokugawa (family name)

Example sentences

  1. 学校で道徳の授業を受けた。

    がっこうでどうとくのじゅぎょうをうけた。

    I had a morality class at school.

  2. 謙虚さは日本で美徳とされている。

    けんきょさはにほんでびとくとされている。

    Modesty is considered a virtue in Japan.

  3. 人が集まるのは彼の人徳だろう。

    ひとがあつまるのはかれのじんとくだろう。

    People gather around him because of his character.

Similar-looking kanji

Do not confuse these on the exam.

Common mistakes

  • Forgetting the short horizontal stroke between 直 and 心
  • Reading 人徳 as にんとく — it is じんとく

Memory aid

Picture it

The road radical 彳 on the left with a straight 直 over a heart 心 — walking your path with a straight heart is what virtue is.

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