Entry
  1. Noun

    marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark

  2. guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun

    see 漢文

Also written 旁点【ぼうてん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person

Kun
かたわ.らわきおか-はたそば
On
ボウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1660 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 55

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-10SKIP code
2a10.6The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
2145deroo
508dUnicode hex code
1-43-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
520Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
286New Nelson (John Haig)
147New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1015Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1090Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1689A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1538Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1406Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
948Morohashi
1815A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1183Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1062Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1506Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1429Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
125Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1024Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bang4, bang1Pinyin reading
bang, paengKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point

Kun
つ.けるつ.くた.てるさ.すとぼ.すとも.すぼち
On
テン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
165 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-5-4SKIP code
2m7.2The Kanji Dictionary
2133.6Four corner code
1240deroo
70b9Unicode hex code
1-37-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
804Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3412New Nelson (John Haig)
2084New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2587Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
169Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
181Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
141A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
229Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18980Morohashi
179A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
285sakade
714Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
196henshall3
185Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
175crowley
399Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1275Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
171Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dian3Pinyin reading
jeomKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level