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倒

overthrow
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingたお.れる、-だお.れ、たお.す、さかさま、さかさ、さかしま
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. overthrowRtK
  2. fall
  3. collapse
  4. drop
  5. break down
  1. to throw down
  2. to bring down
  3. to blow down
  4. to fell
  5. to knock down

Popular Usage

倒れる

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · arrival · climax · wall · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · elbow · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1055

Compound words

倒れるたおれる
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple; to be destroyed (in a collapse)
倒すたおす
to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down
倒錯とうさく
perversion; inversion
倒産とうさん
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
圧倒的あっとうてき
overwhelming
食い倒れくいだおれ
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
面倒くさいめんどくさい
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
圧倒あっとう
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush; to defeat completely; to overwhelm (someone with emotion)
傾倒けいとう
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; having great esteem for; tipping over and collapsing
打倒だとう
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
倒れたおれ
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
倒閣とうかく
overthrow of government
倒置とうち
turning upside down; inversion
面倒めんどう
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care
転倒てんとう
fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over); inversion
一辺倒いっぺんとう
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
共倒れともだおれ
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
前倒しまえだおし
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
将棋倒ししょうぎだおし
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
昏倒こんとう
falling (down) unconscious
顛倒てんとう
fall
罵倒ばとう
(verbal) abuse
伐倒ばっとう
felling
位倒れくらいだおれ
inability to live up to one's rank

On Reading Examples

彼はスキーをしていて急斜面で転倒した。てんとう
He tumbled on a steep slope while skiing.tatoeba
転倒して彼は大ケガをした。てんとう
The tumble hurt him badly.tatoeba
そのレースでは３人も転倒した。てんとう
No less than 3 men fell in that race.tatoeba
本末を転倒するな。てんとう
Don't put the cart before the horse.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は襲撃者を格闘して地面に倒した。たおす
He wrestled his attacker to the ground.tatoeba
彼はみかけ倒しの人間だ。たおす
He is a tin god.tatoeba
彼はその大男を投げ倒した。たおす
He threw the big man down.tatoeba
背もたれもっと倒せるよ。たおす
That seat reclines further.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は保守党一辺倒で押し通した。
He has remained pro-conservative throughout.tatoeba
彼は舞台の上で心臓発作で倒れました。
He died of a heart attack on the stage.tatoeba
彼は負傷して地面に倒れていた。
He lay injured on the ground.tatoeba
彼は父親が台所で倒れているのをみつけた。
He found his father lying in the kitchen.tatoeba
1996年中頃病に倒れる。
He became ill around the middle of 1996.wiki
帰ってまもなくの6月8日、滋子は突然の病に倒れる。
Just after they came back from Settsu Province on July 22, Shigeko became ill.wiki

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10 strokes

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