Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N4

1010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: public chamber, hall

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ドウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(しょくどう)   dining hall

議事(ぎじどう)   Diet building

(こうどう)   auditorium

Onyomi Examples

ドウ temple, shrine, chapel, hall, company, front room

ドウドウ magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly

殿 デンドウ palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame

議事 ギジドウ assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall