漢字道KANJIDO

10 strokesRadical

4Junior high level10 strokesRadical
On
トウ
Kun
たお.れる・-だお.れ・たお.す・さかさま・さかさ・さかしま
Meaning
fall over; overthrow

Origin

ORIGIN

亻 "person" with 到 "to reach": a person going down — to fall over, to overthrow.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

トウ倒産・圧倒・傾倒
たおれる倒れる・共倒れ
たおす倒す

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 倒産とうさん

    bankruptcy

  • 転倒てんとう

    tumbling; falling over

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

強い風で木が倒れた。

A tree fell over in the strong wind.

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