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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
- —道途road
- —暦道study of the calendar; way of the calendar
- —算道study of calculation (ritsuryō period); the way of calculation
- —道傍side of the road; roadside
- —貧道imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training; I; me
- —道仏Taoism and Buddhism
- —酷道(national) road in poor condition
- —道議member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
- —道会Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
- —道着uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
- —危道dangerous road
- —河道river channel; floodway
- —白道moon's path
- —側道service road; frontage road
- —禅道Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
- —洞道service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
- —直道straight path (that people should take); straight road
- —町道town road
- —滑道log slide; chute; flume
- —道営(under) Hokkaidō prefectural management