Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Thursday, August 5th, 2010

A Dot, a Spot or a Point

ten Ten is a dot or a spot. It also means scores or grades in school subjects. A decimal point is “shō sūten.” A sunspot is kokuten. Braille is tenji. One’s shortcomings are ketten. On contrary, one’s good points are biten. Another meaning of this character is to light or to turn on. So, tenka [...]