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等 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
ひと(しい)・などhito(shii) · nado
Meaning
equal, grade, etc.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

竹 (bamboo) + 寺 (phonetic) — bamboo strips lined up the same length: equal.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō等分とうぶん等級とうきゅう平等びょうどう
Kunひとしいhitoshii等しいひとしい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 平等びょうどう

    equality

  • 一等いっとう

    first place

More words with this kanji

  • 均等きんとう
  • 等距離とうきょり
  • 等など

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

みんな 平等(びょうどう)に わけます。

We share it equally with everyone.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

一等平等等一one平flat第ordina…笛flute筆writin…箱box竹bamboo投throw豆bean島island登climb湯hot wa…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading トウAll maps

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

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