道
course, district, journey, moral, road-way, street, teachings
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:12
JLPT:4
Frequency:207
Vocabulary
トウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神道 | シントウ | Shinto; Shintoism |
| 悪逆無道 | アクギャクブトウ | treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious |
| 両部神道 | リョウブシントウ | Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto |
| 天道 | テントウ | the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga) |
| 無道 | ブトウ | inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked |
ドウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沿道 | エンドウ | roadside; wayside; route |
| 横断歩道 | オウダンホドウ | pedestrian crossing; crosswalk |
| 下水道 | ゲスイドウ | sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain |
| 街道 | カイドウ | highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China) |
| 軌道 | キドウ | orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横道 | よこみち | byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression |
| 花道 | はなみち | elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career |
| 回り道 | まわりみち | detour; circuitous route; diversion |
| 寄り道 | よりみち | dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour |
| 筋道 | すじみち | reason; logic; method; system; order; thread (e.g. of an argument) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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conduct, guidance, leading, usher
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首
counter for songs and poems, neck
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迫
force, imminent, spur on, urge
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運
advance, carry, destiny, fate, lot, luck, progress, transport
Grade 3JLPT 4
煩
annoy, anxiety, ill, irksome, nuisance, pain, trouble, worry
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遵
abide by, follow, learn, obey
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夏
summer
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遂
accomplish, attain, commit (suicide), consummate
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看
see, watch over
Grade 6JLPT 1
頂
peak, place on the head, receive, summit, top, top of head
Grade 6JLPT 3