漢字道KANJIDO

7 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)7 strokesRadical
On
Kun
Meaning
a fork in the road

Origin

ORIGIN

Mountain 山 with 分 "to divide": the place where a road splits in two.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 岔道さどう

    a forked road

  • 分岐ぶんき

    branching; divergence

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

岔道で道を間違えてしまった。

I took the wrong way at the fork.

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