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辿

Readings

Kana: テン、たど.る、たどり
Romaji: ten, tado.ru, tadori
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

follow (road), pursue

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  162
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-3-3
Korean Reading:  cheon
Chinese Reading:  chan1
Unicode:  8fbf
JIS:  4329

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4665
New Nelson Index: 6015
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q3.1
Four Corner Index: 3230.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38718X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0002
Remembering the kanji Index: 2413
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2758
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2493
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3968

Words

辿る (たどる)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
記憶をたどる (きおくをたどる)
reaching back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
辿々しい (たどたどしい)
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
たどり着く (たどりつく)
to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
元を辿る (もとをたどる)
to trace back to (the origins of something)
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