Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

791 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down

Kunyomi: たお.れる -だお.れ たお.す さかさま さかさ さかしま

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

産する(とうさんする)   go bankrupt (corporate)

する(てんとうする)   tumble, fall down, be upset

する(そっとうする)   faint [v.i.]

する(だとうする)   knockdown, overthrow

する(あっとうする)   overwhelm

な(めんどうな)   tiresome

臭い(めんどうくさい)   tiresome

れる(たおれる)   collapse, fall down [v.i.]

す(たおす)   beat, knock down [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

トウサン (corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial failure, failed business

トウカク overthrow of government

ケイトウ devoting oneself to, concentrating on, being an ardent admirer of, having great esteem for, tipping over and collapsing

フウトウ falling due to a strong wind, being toppled by the wind

Kunyomi Examples

れる たおれる to fall (over, down), to collapse, to take a fall, to topple, to be destroyed (in a collapse), to collapse, to cave in, to crumble, to give away, to be confined to bed (with an illness), to come down with, to break down (e.g. from overwork), to die, to be killed, to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.), to fail, to collapse, to go under, to be defeated (in a game), to lose, to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.), to be overthrown

たおす to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell, to knock down, to set (something) down on its side, to turn (something) on its side, to recline (e.g. a seat), to kill, to defeat, to beat, to overthrow, to trip up, to ruin, to leave unpaid, to cheat

逆さま さかさま inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round

逆様事 さかさまごと child dying before parents, occurrence out of sequence, wrong order

逆さま さかさま inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round

逆さ さかさ inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front

逆しま さかしま reverse, inversion, upside down, unreasonable, absurd, wrong