Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    blunt (e.g. sword); dull

    Usually written using kana alone

    このナイフはなまくらで切れない。
    This knife is so dull that it can't cut.
  2. lazy; cowardly; good for nothing

Also written 鈍【なまくら】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dull, slow, foolish, blunt

Kun
にぶ.いにぶ.るにぶ-なま.るなまく.ら
On
ドン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1574 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 46

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
8a4.2The Kanji Dictionary
8511.7Four corner code
2856deroo
920dUnicode hex code
1-38-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4830Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6235New Nelson (John Haig)
1689New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1108Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1507Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1495Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1611Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1731A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1943Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1388Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40219Morohashi
1671A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
966Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
997Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
975Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1597Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1372Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1811Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1509Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dun4Pinyin reading
dunKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level