Kanji: 当

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	小(⺌, ⺍) Radical name: ちいさい
Meaning:	Hit, right, appropriate, himself
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 90 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	お弁当(べんとう)	boxed lunch
N4	適当(てきとう)	suitability
N3	当(あ)たる	to be hit, to be successful, to be equivalent to
N3	当(あ)てる	to hit, to apply a patch
N3	見当(けんとう)	be found, aim, estimate, guess, approx
N3	相当(そうとう)	suitable, fair, tolerable, proper
N3	担当(たんとう)	(in) charge
N3	当時(とうじ)	at that time, in those days
N3	弁当(べんとう)	box lunch
N3	本当(ほんとう)	truth, reality
N2	心当(こころあ)たり	having some knowledge of, happening to know
N2	妥当(だとう)	valid, proper, right, appropriate
N2	突(つ)き当(あ)たり	end (e.g. of street)
N2	突(つ)き当(あ)たる	to run into, to collide with
N2	当日(とうじつ)	appointed day, very day
N2	当番(とうばん)	being on duty
N2	日当(ひあ)たり	exposure to the sun, sunny place
N1	当(あ)たり	hit, success, reaching the mark, per ..., vicinity, neighborhood
N1	当(あ)たり前(まえ)	usual, common, ordinary, natural, reasonable, obvious
N1	当(あ)て	object, aim, end, hopes, expectations
N1	当(あ)て字(じ)	phonetic-equivalent character, substitute character
N1	当(あ)てはまる	to apply (a rule)
N1	当(あ)てはめる	to apply, to adapt
N1	該当(がいとう)	corresponding, answering to, coming under
N1	正当(せいとう)	just, justifiable, right, due, proper, equitable, reasonable, legitimate, lawful
N1	手当(てあ)て	allowance, compensation, treatment, medical care
N1	当選(とうせん)	being elected, winning the prize
N1	当人(とうにん)	the one concerned, the said person
N1	日当(にっとう)	daily allowance
N1	不当(ふとう)	injustice, impropriety, unreasonableness, undeservedness, unfair, invalid
N1	割(わ)り当(あ)て	allotment, assignment, allocation, quota, rationing