The kanji 瞳: meaning, readings and stroke order

瞳

Meaning: pupil, eyes
On reading: ドウ dou
Kun reading: ひとみ hitomi
Strokes: 17
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con ngươi, đôi mắt (đồng)
Japanese: ひとみ。めのくろいところ。
Korean: 눈동자 (동)
Chinese: 瞳孔、眼珠

Readings, words and example sentences

ドウ dou · on reading · less common

瞳どう孔こう
pupil (of the eye)
光で 瞳どう孔こうが小さくなります。
Light makes the pupils get smaller.

ひとみ hitomi · kun reading

瞳ひとみ
pupil, eyes
赤ちゃんの 瞳ひとみがきれいです。
The baby's eyes are beautiful.

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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.