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渡 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
トと · to
Kun
わた(る)・-わた(る)・わた(す)wata(ru) · wata(ru) · wata(su)
Meaning
cross over; hand over

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 度 "to pass over": to cross a river — to cross, to hand across.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトとto渡航とこう渡河とか譲渡じょうと
Kunわたるwataru渡るわたる渡りわたり
Kunわたすwatasu渡すわたす渡しわたし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 渡るわたる

    to cross

  • 譲渡じょうと

    transfer; handing over

More words with this kanji

  • 冴え渡るさえわたる
  • 佐渡さど
  • 渡り鳥わたりどり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

橋(はし)を渡(わた)って駅(えき)へ向(む)かう。

I cross the bridge and head for the station.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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

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