Entry
  1. Noun

    quick wit; ready wit

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼はとんちのきく男だ。
    He is a quick-witted man.

Also written 頓智【とんち】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

suddenly, immediately, in a hurry, arrange, stay in place, bow, kowtow

Kun
にわか.にとん.とつまず.くとみ.にぬかずく
On
トントツ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
Radical
leaf

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
9a4.1The Kanji Dictionary
5178.6Four corner code
9813Unicode hex code
1-38-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5121Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6623New Nelson (John Haig)
1320Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2788Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1610Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2115Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43381Morohashi
2122Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
dun4, du2Pinyin reading
don, dunKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

know, wisdom

Kun
し.るし.らせる
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
205 of 2500
Radical
arrow
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

さとさとるしりしれとものり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-3SKIP code
3d5.14The Kanji Dictionary
8640.0Four corner code
2377deroo
77e5Unicode hex code
1-35-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3169Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3978New Nelson (John Haig)
1127New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1446Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
768Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1041Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1223Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1308Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
207A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
636Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
196Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23935Morohashi
169A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
214Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
214Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112sakade
229Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
186henshall3
160Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
73crowley
143Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
1394Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1231Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi1, zhi4Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level