EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

    バックミラーに赤いランプが点滅しているのが見えた時は、ガックリきたね。
    I saw flashing red lights in my rear-view mirror and my heart sank.
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Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

Kun
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
On
メツ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1222 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.26The Kanji Dictionary
3315.0Four corner code
359deroo
6ec5Unicode hex code
1-44-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3279New Nelson (John Haig)
660New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
812Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
475Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
365Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
390Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1387A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1228Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18008Morohashi
1848A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1338Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1421Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1488Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1500Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1237Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
371Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mie4Pinyin reading
myeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level