Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ドウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: meat

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ドウ trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist, plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo), frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship), dealer

上げ ドウアゲ tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)

共鳴 キョウメイドウ sound box (of an instrument), sounding box

キョウドウ sound box (of a musical instrument), soundbox