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Kanji Detail for 度 - "degree, time, measure"

  • Meaning

    度 means "degree, time, measure."

    1. Degree - A unit of measurement.

    2. Time - An occurrence; a frequency.

    3. Measure - A standard; a scale.

    4. Capacity - Breadth of mind; tolerance.

  • Words using

    • 制度 せいど Listen system; institution; organization
    • 程度 ていど Listen degree; amount; grade
    • 今度 こんど Listen this time; now; next time
    • 態度 たいど Listen attitude; manner; behaviour
    • 何度 なんど Listen how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
    • 年度 ねんど Listen fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year
    • 今年度 こんねんど Listen this year; this fiscal year; this school year
    • 前年度 ぜんねんど Listen preceding fiscal year
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 寛仁大度 かんじんたいど Listen being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition
    • 衆生済度 しゅじょうさいど Listen enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)
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    • Verified meaning: degree, time, measure
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たく, たび, とこう, わたり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (とこう)Listen (わたる)Listen

    Surnames (たく)Listen (たび)Listen (わたり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    degrees; occurrence; time; counter for occurrences; consider; attitude

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    degree, system; manner; to consider

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    degree, system; manner; to consider

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An instrument for measuring length. Such as zhang, chi, etc. | An angular division of a circle is called 度. A full circle has 360 degrees. Each degree has 60 minutes; each minute has 60 seconds. | Regulations. Such as 法度, 制度. Meaning having standards and limits for comparison. | Capacity. Such as 豁達大度, meaning one's capacity to accommodate. | Manner is called 態度, 風度. | To pass. Calling a birthday 初度 means the time of first birth. From (Songs of Chu). Hence, one occurrence is also called 一度. Such as "Liu Lang returning again." | Interchangeable with 渡. To cross. Colloquially, immortals and Buddhas saving people is called 度, meaning reaching the other shore. Becoming a monk is called 剃度, same meaning. | To estimate. Such as 忖度, 度量, meaning estimating gains and losses as if measuring.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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