The kanji 得: meaning, readings and stroke order
得
- Meaning
- get, gain
- On reading
- トク toku
- Kun reading
- え(る) eru、う(る) uru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 step
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- có được, có lợi (đắc)
- Japanese
- てに いれる。もうけ。
- Korean
- 얻다, 이득 (득)
- Chinese
- 得到、好处
Readings, words and example sentences
トク toku · on reading
得意
good at, one's strong point
妹は 歌が 得意です。
My little sister is good at singing.
え(る) eru · kun reading
得る
to gain, to get
本から 多くの 知識を 得ます。
I gain a lot of knowledge from books.
う(る) uru · kun reading · less common
得る
can (be), to be possible
それは あり得ない 話です。
That story can't possibly be true.
Practise writing 得 in the app
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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.