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Kanji Information Sheet for 団 ( 
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| English: group association | On-Yomi: ダン トン | Kun-Yomi: かたまり まる.い |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 囗 (くにがまえ) – box
Henshall Mnemonic: measured circle produces well rounded group
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #213 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #213 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
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Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 団地 [だんち]
(n) multi-unit apartments [K] [D] [Jisho] - 座布団 [ざぶとん]
(n) cushion (Japanese); square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 劇団 [げきだん]
(n) troupe; theatrical company [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公団 [こうだん]
(n) public corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 団結 [だんけつ]
(n) unity; union; combination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 団扇 [うちわ]
(n) fan [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 球団 [きゅうだん]
(n) baseball team [K] [D] [Jisho] - 教団 [きょうだん]
(n) religious organization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 外郭団体 [がいかくだんたい]
auxiliary organization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴力団 [ぼうりょくだん]
(n) gangster organization; band of thugs; gangster [K] [D] [Jisho] - 地方公共団体 [ちほうこうきょうだんたい]
(n) local public body [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管弦楽団 [かんげんがくだん]
orchestra [K] [D] [Jisho] - 師団 [しだん]
(n) (army) division [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宇宙開発事業団 [うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん]
NASDA; National Space Development Agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 財団 [ざいだん]
(n) foundation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 営団 [えいだん]
(n) corporation; foundation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 財団法人 [ざいだんほうじん]
(n) (juridical) foundation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敷き布団 [しきぶとん]
(n) mattress; underquilt [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本道路公団 [にほんどうろこうだん]
(n) Japan Highway Public Corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 敷布団 [しきぶとん]
(n) mattress; underquilt [K] [D] [Jisho] - 軍団 [ぐんだん]
(n) army corps [K] [D] [Jisho] - 合唱団 [がっしょうだん]
(n) chorus group; choir [K] [D] [Jisho] - 旅団 [りょだん]
(n) brigade [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一団 [いちだん]
(n) body; group; party; gang; troupe [K] [D] [Jisho] - 入団 [にゅうだん]
(n) enrollment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 青年団 [せいねんだん]
(n) young persons' association [K] [D] [Jisho] - 社団法人 [しゃだんほうじん]
(n) corporation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 経団連 [けいだんれん]
(n) (abbr) Federation of Economic Organizations [K] [D] [Jisho] - 団員 [だんいん]
(n) group member [K] [D] [Jisho] - 団塊 [だんかい]
(n) mass; lump [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国際協力事業団 [こくさいきょうりょくじぎょうだん]
Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.