Word Meaning

てん ten

点 is read as てん (ten) and means "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character).

Meaning

English

  1. "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
  2. counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
  3. counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
  4. point
  5. (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point)
  6. dot
  7. mark (in an exam, etc.)
  8. grade

Reading

Kana

てん

Romaji

ten

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms ぽつ Antonyms Rank 2312 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

点す

とぼす

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.)

点数

てんすう

number of items

点火

てんか

ignition

点呼

てんこ

roll-call

点く

つく

to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.)

点ける

つける

to turn on

点字

てんじ

braille

点在

てんざい

being dotted about

点差

てんさ

point spread

点取り

てんとり

competition for school marks

点景

てんけい

persons or animals added to a picture

点本

てんぽん

book with reading aids (such as kana or punctuation marks)

Example Sentences

10

かみにくろいてんがひとつある。

There is one black dot on the paper.

ちずのあかいてんががっこうです。

The red point on the map is the school.

かれはしあいでけっしょうてんをいれた。

He scored the deciding point in the match.

とうあんにせんせいがあかいてんをつけた。

The teacher put a red mark on the answer sheet.

しろいしゃつにちいさなてんがみえる。

A small speck can be seen on the white shirt.

このすうじのてんをみぎにうごかしてください。

Please move the decimal point of this number to the right.

ぶんのおわりにはてんをうつ。

A period is placed at the end of a sentence.

もんだいのだいじなてんをかくにんしよう。

Let's check the important point of this issue.

まどがらすにあめのてんがひろがっていた。

Raindrop specks were spread across the window glass.

Did you get good marks?