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凸 — Convex

JLPT N15 strokesSecondary school#2143 most used
convex, beetle brow, uneven
On’yomiトツ (totsu)
Kun’yomiでこ (deko)

Stroke order (5 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 凸

WordReadingMeaning
凸凹でこぼこ
dekoboko
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness
凹凸おうとつ
outotsu
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness
凸版印刷とっぱんいんさつ
toppaninsatsu
letterpress; relief printing
凸版とっぱん
toppan
letterpress; relief printing

Study notes

凸 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2143 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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