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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
- —袁彦道gambling
- —水道業water supply industry
- —東山道Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō)
- —軌道線railway line; tramway line
- —道路法Road Act
- —山陰道San'indō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'in region)
- —山陽道San'yōdō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'yō region)
- —報道班press corps; group of reporters
- —書道紙calligraphy paper
- —天文道tenmondō (form of astrology)
- —鉄道林forest planted to protect railway tracks from snow, sand, etc.
- —人道橋pedestrian bridge; footbridge
- —道路鋲road stud; raised pavement marker
- —表参道front approach to shrine or temple
- —道路幅road width
- —幹線道main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
- —軌道車track-maintenance car; inspection car
- —王道的classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
- —鉄道省Ministry of Railways (1920-1943)
- —輪入道wanyūdō; firewheel; soultaker; burning oxcart wheel bearing the tormented face of a man