篤
トク, あつ.い

fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate

JLPT1 G7 S16 F1942

竹# (rigid) bamboo + 馬 horse → startled horse (compare 驚) standing rigid in attention → *be attentive* (← thoroughness) → *cordial*; *kind*.

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