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都 — 11 strokes / Radical「邑」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 11 strokes / Radical「邑」
On
ト・ツと・つ · to · tsu
Kun
みやこmiyako
Meaning
capital, metropolis

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

者 (phonetic) + 阝 (town) — a big town where many people gather: a capital.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトとto都会とかい都心としん首都しゅと
Onツつtsu都合つごう都度つど
Kunみやこmiyako都と都落ちみやこおち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 都会とかい

    city, town

  • 都合つごう

    convenience, circumstances

More words with this kanji

  • 京都きょうと
  • 都道府県とどうふけん
  • 首都圏しゅとけん
  • 遷都せんと
  • 都邑とゆう
  • 奠都てんと

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大(おお)きな 都(と)に 人(ひと)が あつまります。

Many people gather in the big capital.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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