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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
- —食道鏡esophagoscope; oesophagoscope
- —食道炎esophagitis
- —成道会Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
- —鉄道橋railroad bridge
- —武道館martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
- —香道具incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)
- —外環道outer ring road; orbital road
- —道楽娘prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
- —一般道ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
- —煎茶道sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen
- —道議選Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly elections
- —道義的moral
- —易行道the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
- —道路上on the road
- —天道教Cheondoism; Chondoism; Korean religion
- —五街道the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
- —鉄道線railroad operating over private tracks
- —作業道auxiliary logging road
- —道化猿loris (esp. a slow loris)
- —極軌道polar orbit