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童 — 12 strokes / Radical「立」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 12 strokes / Radical「立」
On
ドウどう · dō
Kun
わらべwarabe
Meaning
child

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally meant a servant child; now it means a child.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドウどうdō童話どうわ童心どうしん児童じどう
Kunわらべwarabe童どう童歌わらべうた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 童話どうわ

    fairy tale

  • 児童じどう

    children, pupils

More words with this kanji

  • 童謡どうよう
  • 童子どうじ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ねる前(まえ)に 童話(どうわ)を 読(よ)みます。

I read a fairy tale before sleeping.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

児童童話童児child話to tal…章chapte…立stand竍a deca…竏a kilo…竓a mill…動move仂remain…同same吋inch呶noisy
CompoundRadicalReading

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