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都 means 'capital city'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 288   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-7    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 100 words   Used in 189 words   Used in 2178 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ト   ツ
Kun
   みやこ capital city, metropolis
Additional readings
Name    くに   ず   ち   づめ   みや
Variants
都  
Components
⿰  者 person  ⻏ (邑) group  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 都 is used 12 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 都 is used 181 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ト : 140 words FIND ALL
と し 1
town; city; municipal; urban
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ツ : 24 words FIND ALL
つ ご う 0 つ ご う 1
adverb, noun
1. circumstances; condition; convenience
2. to arrange; to manage
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ト (read as ど) : 1 word FIND ALL
ど ど い つ 2
noun
unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern  (obscure term; obsolete term; archaic)
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みやこ : 15 words FIND ALL
み や こ 0
noun
capital; metropolis
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ず: 1 word. FIND ALL
そ う ず 1
noun
Buddhist priest
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An additional 10 less common words include 都 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 376 (originally: 355)  Joy o' Kanji : 355  Key to Kanji: 789 

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都
ト   ツ   みやこ capital city, metropolis   
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⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
耂
old
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