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Zach

Reading

Kana: ドウ
Romaji: dou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  130
Frequency:  1904
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-6
Korean Reading:  dong
Chinese Reading:  dong4
Unicode:  80f4
JIS:  4639

Indexes

Halpern Index: 950
Nelson Index: 3767
New Nelson Index: 4810
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b6.10
Four Corner Index: 7722.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1662
Gakken Index: 1564
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29436
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0305
Remembering the kanji Index: 182
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1674
Kodansha Compact Index: 1032
Kanji in Context Index: 1341
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 646
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 857
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 184
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 194
Essential Kanji Index: 1500
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1186
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3949
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1347

Words

(どう)
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)
胴上げ (どうあげ)
lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders
胴着 (どうぎ)
(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt
胴震い (どうぶるい)
shivering
胴切り (どうぎり)
cutting horizontally into the torso (with a sword)
胴体 (どうたい)
body; trunk; torso
回胴式遊技機 (かいどうしきゆうぎき)
slot machine
胴差し (どうざし)
(wooden) girder; girt
救命胴衣 (きゅうめいどうい)
life-jacket; life-vest
胴中 (どうなか)
trunk; torso
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