堵

fence

Stroke count: 11

Readings

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Meanings

fence
彼の無事を知らされて、部長は安堵のため息をついた。Informed of his safety, the manager breathed a sigh of relief.tatoeba
外へ出ると、私は深深と安堵のため息をついた。Once outside, I gave a deep sigh of relief.tatoeba
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enclosure

wall
hedge

Radicals and components

Radical土earth

Components

How it's built

堵

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Compound words

安堵あんど

堵殺とさつ

slaughter (of animals for meat)

堵列とれつ

row of people lined up

安堵感あんどかん

sense of relief

堵の如しとのごとし

in crowds (of spectators)

本領安堵ほんりょうあんど

recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

堵に安んずるとにやすんずる

to live in peace (of the people)

Additional Examples

彼女は安堵のため息をもらした。

She gave out a sigh of relief.tatoeba

彼女の無事を知らされて、彼は安堵のため息をついた。

Informed of her safety, he breathed a sigh of relief.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 堵

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