Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: juvenile, child

Kunyomi: わらべ

Onyomi: ドウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たつ

Meaning: stand, erect

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

話(どうわ)   fairy-tale

心(どうしん)   child's mind, naïveté

顔(どうがん)   baby-faced

謡(どうよう)   children's song, nursery rhyme

(じどう)   children, juveniles

(しんどう)   prodigy, wonder child

(わらべ)   child

歌(わらべうた)   children's song

Onyomi Examples

ドウワ children's story, fairy tale

ドウヨウ children's song, nursery rhyme

テンドウ cherub, gods disguised as children, children parading as cherubs

アクドウ bad boy, naughty child, brat

Kunyomi Examples

わらべ child

わらべ歌 わらべうた children's song, nursery song

きょうわらべ Kyoto's children, Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

こわっぱ boy, child, youth, brat