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道 kanji
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ドウトウ
Kun readings
みちいう
Variant forms
噵衜衟Words with 道
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4柔道Popularjudo
- N4水道Popularwater supply; water service; waterworks; tap water; channel; strait; water course; waterway
- N4道具Populartool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; means; furniture
- N3鉄道Popularrailroad; railway; rail transport
- N3道徳Popularmorals; morality
- N3道路Popularroad; highway
- N3歩道Popularfootpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
- N2書道Popularcalligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
- N2赤道Popularequator; (celestial) equator
- N1街道Popularhighway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
- N1軌道Popularorbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
- N1道場Populardojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
- N1報道Popularreport (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
- —沿道Popularroadside; wayside; route
- —弓道Popularkyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery
- —剣道Popularkendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
- —県道Popularprefectural road
- —坑道Populartunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
- —国道Popularnational road; national highway
- —参道Popularroad approaching a shrine