noun

  1. Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture). Messages.hist.
  2. Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
佐渡 さど

Contained Kanji Breakdown

assistant, help
サ すけ (9th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
left
ひだり サ シャ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
transit, ford, ferry
わた.る わたり ト (7th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)