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道

Road
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingドウ、トウ
Kun readingみち
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 8

Verbs with «道»

報道する

Meanings

  1. road
  2. course
  3. district
  4. journey
    道中御無事を祈ります。I wish you a good journey.tatoeba
  5. moral
  6. road-wayRtK
  7. street
    彼は道路を渡りつつあった。He was crossing the street.tatoeba
  8. teachings
  1. path
  2. lane
  3. passage

Synonyms

ロード道路

Homonyms

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Same reading (みち)
未知 · not yet known

Popular Usage

柔道水道道具片道書道赤道街道軌道

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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neck · horns · drop (丶) · eye (目) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 295

Compound words

柔道じゅうどう
judo
水道すいどう
water supply; water service; waterworks; tap water; channel
道具どうぐ
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus
書道しょどう
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
赤道せきどう
equator; (celestial) equator
片道かたみち
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
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
道頓堀どうとんぼり
Dotonbori, Osaka's famous canal-side entertainment and dining district.
菅原道真すがわらのみちざね
Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Heian-era scholar later deified as Tenjin, the god of learning.
報道するほうどうする
to report (in the news)
街道かいどう
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
軌道きどう
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
沿道えんどう
roadside; wayside; route
弓道きゅうどう
kyudo; Japanese archery
筋道すじみち
reason; logic; method; system; order
剣道けんどう
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
県道けんどう
prefectural road
坑道こうどう
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
国道こくどう
national road; national highway
坂道さかみち
hill road
参道さんどう
road approaching a shrine
山道やまみち
mountain road; mountain trail
車道しゃどう
roadway; road; carriageway

On Reading Examples

道楽しよう。どうらく
Let's live it up!tatoeba
船は今夜赤道を越すだろう。せきどう
The ship will cross the equator tonight.tatoeba
何事にも中道的な立場を取れ。ちゅうどう
Take a mean position in everything.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は博物館へ行く道を私に聞いた。みち
He asked me the way to the museum.tatoeba
彼は背の高い人を呼びとめてレコード店への道を尋ねました。みち
He stopped a tall man and asked him the way to the record shop.tatoeba
彼は道の反対側に住んでいる。みち
He lives just across the road.tatoeba
彼は道で友人と出くわした。みち
He encountered a friend on the road.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不道徳な男だ。
He is an evil man.tatoeba
彼は博物館へ行く道を私に聞いた。
He asked me the way to the museum.tatoeba
彼は背の高い人を呼びとめてレコード店への道を尋ねました。
He stopped a tall man and asked him the way to the record shop.tatoeba
道具に応じた点前
Serving tea in a manner appropriate for the utensilwiki
宮中行事の小道具
Gadgets for court eventswiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Road, way. ⻌ (movement) + 首 (head) — walking where your head points. Also 'way' as in a discipline (柔道).

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 道

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step