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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
- —坤道the ways of the earth; the principle of the earth; the ways of women; the path women should follow
- —空道kūdō (martial art form)
- —風道airway; air duct
- —膣道vaginal canal; vaginal passage
- —躰道taidō (martial art)
- —仙道Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
- —鬼道hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
- —険道(prefectural) road in poor condition
- —円軌道circular orbit
- —黄道光zodiacal light
- —黄道色brassy yellow
- —黄道帯zodiac
- —黄道面plane of the ecliptic
- —餓鬼道hungry ghost (preta) realm
- —騎士道chivalry
- —求道者seeker after truth; one who seeks the way
- —古武道ancient Japanese martial arts
- —今道心neophyte; novice
- —修験道Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
- —修道会(Catholic) order