Kanji

徳

benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

彳部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

トク

Nanori (Name Reading)

あきら, あつ, あつし, あり, いさお, え, かつ, さと, ただし, とこ, とみ, なり, なる, のぼる, のり, めぐむ, やす, よし

Common Readings

トク

Example sentences

悪徳 あくとく
彼は悪徳業者に騙されて大金を失った

He was deceived by an unscrupulous operator and lost a lot of money.

搾り取る しぼりとる
悪徳業者は高齢者からなけなしの金を搾り取った。

The unscrupulous trader extorted the last of the elderly person's money.

美徳 びとく
正直であることは最大の美徳だ。

Being honest is the greatest virtue.

背徳 はいとく
彼は背徳感にさいなまれながらも、禁断の果実に手を伸ばした。

While tormented by a sense of immorality, he reached for the forbidden fruit.

徳 とく
彼は日頃から徳を積んでいるため、多くの人に慕われている。

Because he consistently accumulates virtue, he is deeply admired by many people.

慕う したう
多くの学生がその老教授の徳を慕って集まった。

Many students gathered, admiring the old professor's character.

道徳 どうとく
道徳は社会生活において欠かせないものだ。

Morality is essential in social life.

心学 しんがく
江戸時代の商人は、心学を通じて仕事と道徳の関係を学んだ。

In the 江戸 period, merchants learned through 心学 about the relationship between work and morality.

人徳 じんとく
彼は人徳のある人として、周囲から深く慕われている。

He is deeply adored by those around him as a person of great virtue.

関助之化 かんしょのか
皇后の清廉な人徳は関助之化として、国中に広まった。

The Empress's pure and virtuous character spread throughout the country as a model of virtuous influence.

Example Vocabulary

悪徳

あくとく

vice; corruption; unscrupulousness

美徳

びとく

virtue

背徳

はいとく

immorality; corruption; vice

徳

とく

virtue; merit; moral excellence; profit

背徳感

はいとくかん

道徳

どうとく

morals, ethics, morality

人徳

じんとく

personal virtue; moral character; integrity

徳川家

とくがわけ

Tokugawa family; Tokugawa clan

徳利

とっくり

道徳的

どうとくてき

moral; ethical

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