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道 means 'road'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 96   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-3    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 8    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 186 words   Used in 813 words   Used in 3818 names   Component in 2 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ドウ   トウ
Kun
   みち road
Additional readings
Name    さ   じ   ど   みつ
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  首 neck  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 道 is used 34 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 道 is used 791 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ドウ : 609 words FIND ALL
ど う ろ 1
noun
road; highway
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トウ : 38 words FIND ALL
し ん と う 1
noun
Shinto; Shintoism
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みち : 139 words FIND ALL
み ち 0
Most common form: 路
noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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じ: 1 word. FIND ALL
な が じ 2
noun
long road; far journey
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ど: 4 words. FIND ALL
ど さ ん こ 0
noun
1. horse native to Hokkaido
2. person born and raised in Hokkaido
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An additional 22 less common words include 道 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 205 (originally: 188)  Joy o' Kanji : 188  Key to Kanji: 818 

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道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
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