Kanji
當
kanji character
bear
accept
undertake
just
當 kanji-當 bear, accept, undertake, just
當
Meaning
bear accept undertake
Readings
Kun'yomi
- あたる
- あてる
- まさに
On'yomi
- ほん とう truth
- ほん とう に really
- べん とう bento
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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本 當 truth, reality, actuality... -
辨 當 bento, Japanese box lunch -
弁 當 bento, Japanese box lunch -
本 當 にreally, truly -
瓦 當 decorative cap of an eave-end roof tile -
石 敢 當 ishigantō, stone tablet inscribed with the word "ishigantō" placed at crossroads, on stone walls etc. in southern Kyūshū and Okinawa to ward off evil spirits; orig. a Chinese custom -
當 十 錢 type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins