The kanji 道: meaning, readings and stroke order
道
- Meaning
- road, way
- On reading
- ドウ dou、トウ* tou
- Kun reading
- みち michi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con đường (đạo)
- Japanese
- みち。
- Korean
- 길 (도)
- Chinese
- 道路
Readings, words and example sentences
ドウ dou · on reading
水道
water supply, tap water
水道の 水を 止めます。
I turn off the tap.
みち michi · kun reading
道
road, path
細い 道を ゆっくり あるきます。
I walk slowly along the narrow path.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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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.