The kanji 都: meaning, readings and stroke order
都
- Meaning
- capital, big city
- On reading
- ト to、ツ tsu
- Kun reading
- みやこ miyako
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 邑 town
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 都
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- kinh đô, thành phố lớn (đô)
- Japanese
- みやこ。おおきな まち。
- Korean
- 수도, 도시 (도)
- Chinese
- 首都、城市
Readings, words and example sentences
ト to · on reading
都市
city
兄は 大きな 都市に すんで います。
My big brother lives in a big city.
ツ tsu · on reading
都合
whether it suits you
その 日は 都合が つきません。
That day does not work for me.
みやこ miyako · kun reading
都
capital (of long ago)
むかしの 都を たずねます。
I visit the capital of long ago.
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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.