胴

trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ドウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1904

Vocabulary

ドウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
空胴	クウドウ	cavity; hollow; cave; cavern; hollow
胴体	ドウタイ	trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
胴像	ドウゾウ	bronze statue
双胴機	ソウドウキ	twin-boom aircraft; twin-fuselage aircraft
胴乱	ドウラン	vasculum; case for botanical specimens; satchel; small leather bag

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
胴	どう	trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship); dealer
胴上げ	どうあげ	tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
胴忘れ	どうわすれ	lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind
胴が長い	どうがながい	having a long body; long-bodied
胴回り	どうまわり	waist; girth; measurement around waist

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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