Kanji1 / 12
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
- —舗装道路paved road
- —有料道路toll road
- —遊び道具plaything; toy
- —料理道具cookware; cooking gear
- —黄道吉日very auspicious day for all types of occasions
- —釣り道具fishing tackle
- —道路標識road sign; signpost
- —飛び道具firearms; missile; projectile weapon
- —責め道具instruments of torture
- —舞台道具set piece
- —攻め道具offensive weapons
- —王道楽土Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
- —文武両道being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
- —国有鉄道national railway
- —道具立てpreparation of tools
- —道場破りvisiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
- —道楽息子prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
- —道徳教育moral education
- —鉄道馬車horse-drawn streetcar
- —所帯道具household goods