団
団 — Group
group, association
On’yomiダン (dan)
On’yomiトン (ton)
Kun’yomiかたまり (katamari)
Kun’yomiまるい (marui)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 団
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 団体 | だんたい dantai | group; party; team |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 暴力団 | ぼうりょくだん bouryokudan | bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate |
| 球団 | きゅうだん kyuudan | baseball team |
| 財団 | ざいだん zaidan | foundation (institution); syndicate; group |
| 団長 | だんちょう danchou | leader of a group |
Study notes
団 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #213 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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