道

11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N4

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Kun'yomi
  • みち
    		road ②route ③distance ④road (e.g. to victory)
  • いう
On'yomi
  • ドウ
    		road ②way ③moral education ④Buddhist teachings
  • トウ
Nanori
  • さ
  • じ
  • ど
  • みつ
  • おさむ

Main Radical

辵(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

みち 63.3%
ドウトウ 36.7%
ど 0.0%
じ 0.0%

Character Breakdown

road-way, street, district
みち　ドウ　ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび　シュ　おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)

Contained In

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Common Words

みち
道
road ②route ③distance ④road (e.g. to victory)
どう
道
ぐ
具
tool ②means ③furniture
はな
花
みち
道
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage ②honorable end to a career
げ
外
どう
道
tirthika ②heterodoxy ③demon ④type of fish one did not intend to catch
どう
道
じょう
場
dojo ②manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
てん
天
とう
道
the sun ②god of heaven and the earth ③laws governing the heavens ④celestial path
かえ
帰
　
り
みち
道
the way back
ちか
近
みち
道
shorter way
みち
道
づ
連
　
れ
fellow traveler ②taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death)
よ
寄
　
り
みち
道
dropping in on the way ②going the long way round
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References

Unicode hex code 9053
JIS X 0208 1-38-27
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4724
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6091
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3134
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Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 283
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2q9.14
Four corner code 3830.6
De Roo Code 979