# 鈍 — Dull

Frequency rank 1775 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 鬱 (Gloom), less common than 銘 (Inscription).

- On’yomi: どん
- Kun’yomi: にぶ
- Radical: 金 Gold (Kangxi 167)
- Frequency path: Level XIV of XX

Gold on the left, under a roof with a toe below on the right — a gold coin hidden under the roof, too dull to notice with just a toe poking out.

In words:

- 鈍い にぶい — dull (e.g. a knife),thickheaded,slow (opposite of fast),stupid
- 鈍る なまる — to become less capable;to grow dull;to become blunt;to weaken
- 鈍感 どんかん — thickheadedness;stolidity

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