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倒 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
4Junior high level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
たお.れる・-だお.れ・たお.す・さかさま・さかさ・さかしまtao.reru · dao.re · tao.su · sakasama · sakasa · sakashima
Meaning
fall over; overthrow

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

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

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō倒産とうさん圧倒あっとう傾倒けいとう
Kunたおれるtaoreru倒れるたおれる共倒れともだおれ
Kunたおすtaosu倒すたおす

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

More words with this kanji

  • 罵倒ばとう
  • 顚倒てんとう
  • 潦倒ろうとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

強(つよ)い風(かぜ)で木(き)が倒(たお)れた。

A tree fell over in the strong wind.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

倒産転倒倒産give…転roll仰look…伺inquir…依rely…侵invade俗custom到reach逃escape透transp…唐T'ang…桃peach
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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