Meaning & readings
convex, beetle brow, uneven
On’yomi トツ
Kun’yomi でこ
Origin
This character shows a simplified picture of something protruding upward. The top stroke represents a flat surface, and the box shape below it suggests a hollow or depression. Together they create the visual impression of an uneven surface with a bump sticking out—exactly what "convex" means. The character essentially draws what it describes: a raised point against a flat background.
Components
- 一
- 凵
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 5
- Kangxi radical
- 17
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #2143 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+051F8