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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
- —全道all Hokkaido
- —帝道the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
- —同道going with; accompanying
- —道化antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
- —道楽pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living; prodigality; indulging in alcohol, women, gambling, etc.; profligacy
- —道教Taoism; Daoism
- —道主chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
- —道標guidepost; signpost
- —道話exemplum
- —入道entering the priesthood; priest; monk; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
- —尿道urethra
- —八道the 8 districts of feudal Japan
- —仏道teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist enlightenment
- —舗道paved road; paved street
- —本道highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
- —魔道heresy; evil ways; path of evil; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
- —吏道official ethics
- —詭道deceptive methods; questionable means
- —隧道tunnel
- —遠道long walk; roundabout way