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)
On readings
ドウトウ
Kun readings
みちいう
Variant forms
噵衜衟Words with 道
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —小道具Popularsmall tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
- —人道的Popularhumane
- —地下道Popularsubterranean tunnel
- —歩道橋Popularfootbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass
- —北海道PopularHokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
- —報道陣Popularpress corps
- —水道水Populartap water
- —横断歩道Popularpedestrian crossing; crosswalk
- —高速道路Popularhighway; freeway; expressway; motorway
- —人道主義Popularhumanism; humanitarianism
- —都道府県Popularprefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- —報道機関Popularinformation media; press; news organs
- —道義的責任Popularmoral obligation
- —北海道開発庁長官PopularDirector General of Hokkaido Development Agency
- —道程Populardistance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process; route; road
- —道road; path; street; route; way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); province (administrative region of Korea); circuit (administrative region of China); province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- —悪道wrong course; evil course
- —医道the art of medicine
- —一道one road; ray (of hope)
- —王道righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path; easy method; simple approach; short-cut; royal road; orthodox way; proper way; traditional manner; classic approach; tried-and-true method