EntryCommonWaniKani 46
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

    星が空に瞬いていた。
    The stars were twinkling in the sky.
  2. to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

    またたく is sometimes used transitively

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wink, blink, twinkle

Kun
またた.くまじろ.ぐ
On
シュン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1265 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 46

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-5-13SKIP code
5c13.1The Kanji Dictionary
6205.2Four corner code
3955deroo
77acUnicode hex code
1-29-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3159Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3969New Nelson (John Haig)
1247New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1594Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1151Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
817Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
880Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1315A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1556Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23694Morohashi
1372A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1732Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1850Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1564Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1897Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
979Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1391Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
825Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shun4Pinyin reading
sunKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level