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道 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「辶」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
On
ドウどう · dō
Kun
みちmichi
Meaning
road, way, path

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 (to go) + 首 (head) → the way one heads down: a road.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドウどうdō道路どうろ道徳どうとく報道ほうどう
Onトウとうtō神道しんとう
Kunみちmichi道みち近道ちかみち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 道路どうろ

    road

  • 書道しょどう

    calligraphy

More words with this kanji

  • 帰り道かえりみち
  • 歩道ほどう
  • 近道ちかみち
  • 細道ほそみち
  • 弓道きゅうどう
  • 歩道橋ほどうきょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この 道(みち)を まっすぐ 行(い)きます。

Go straight along this road.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

書道道路道書to wri…路road近near通to pas…週week遠far辺area同same仂remain…吋inch呶noisy衲a patc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 辶Map of reading ドウAll maps

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