The kanji 当: meaning, readings and stroke order

当

Meaning: hit, guess right
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: あ（たる） ataru、あ（てる） ateru
Strokes: 6
Radical: 小 small, insignificant
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 當

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trúng, đoán trúng (đương)
Japanese: あたる。あてる。
Korean: 맞다, 맞히다 (당)
Chinese: 命中、猜中

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

当とう時じ
at that time, back then
当とう時じは電車がありませんでした。
Back then there were no trains.

あ（たる） ataru · kun reading

当あたる
to win (a draw), to hit
くじが 当あたりました。
I won the prize draw.

あ（てる） ateru · kun reading

当あてる
to guess right
答えを 当あてて ください。
Please guess the answer.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.