点 point

Also: dot

On'yomi: テン
Strokes: 9
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

点 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A fortune teller reads the divination cracks over a fire, and each little spark that lands is one glowing dot — a point.

A common word

点てん point

Example sentences

テストで百点を取りました。
てすとでひゃくてんをとりました。
I got a hundred points on the test.
その点はよく分かりません。
そのてんはよくわかりません。
I don't really understand that point.

Kanji that share a part

卜 is its radical.

上 up
下 down
外 outside
止 stop
占 occupy N2
朴 crude N2
卓 table N2
赴 proceed N1

占 is a component.

店 shop
粘 sticky N2
帖 counter for scrolls N1
鮎 freshwater Trout N1