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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Kunyomi: みち, いう

Onyomi: ドウ, トウ

Composition: 首 辶

道

Radical

Radical: 辵

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

道路(どうろ)   road

道場(どうじょう)   hall used for martial arts training

歩道(ほどう)   sidewalk

水道(すいどう)   water supply

書道(しょどう)   calligraphy

地下道(ちかどう)   underground tunnel

神道(しんとう)   Shintoism

報道する(ほうどうする)   report

道(みち)   street

近道(ちかみち)   shortcut

Onyomi Examples

道 (ドウ) road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)

道義 (ドウギ) morality, moral principles

正道 (セイドウ) path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path

海道 (カイドウ) sea route

有道 (ユウドウ) being good, being virtuous, virtuous person

不道 (フドウ) inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)

Kunyomi Examples

道 (みち) road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method

道筋 (みちすじ) path, route, itinerary

花道 (はなみち) elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career

横道 (よこみち) byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression

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