漢字城 Kanji Fortress

道 road

Also: way

On'yomi
ドウ、トウ
Kun'yomi
みち
Strokes
12
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
道 is written in 12 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A neck-and-head moving along the walking path: wherever your head points as you go, that is the road.

A common word

  • 道路 どうろ road

Example sentences

  • このみちをまっすぐいってください。

    Please go straight along this road.

  • えきまでのみちがわかりません。

    I don't know the way to the station.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.