The kanji 倒: meaning, readings and stroke order

倒

Meaning: fall over, knock down
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: たお（れる） taoreru、たお（す） taosu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đổ, ngã (đảo)
Japanese: たおれる。たおす。
Korean: 넘어지다, 쓰러뜨리다 (도)
Chinese: 倒下、推倒

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading · less common

面めん倒どう
trouble, bother
面めん倒どうな仕事を引き受けます。
I take on a troublesome job.

たお（れる） taoreru · kun reading

倒たおれる
to fall down
強い風で木が 倒たおれました。
The tree fell down in the strong wind.

たお（す） taosu · kun reading

倒たおす
to knock down, to beat
強い相手を 倒たおします。
We beat a strong opponent.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.