ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
都 means capital, city
都
者 people · ⻏ village
都Memory trick
Lots of people (者) in one place: a capital, a big city.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- metropolis, capital, all, everything
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) みやこ miyako
みやこ (miyako) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ト to
ト (to) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ツ tsu
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Common word
都市 とし · toshi
town, city
Built from
- 耂 old
- 日 sun, day
- ⻏ village
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耂 Used in 15 kanji
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What does 都 mean?
Right: 都 means capital, city.Not quite: 都 means capital, city.In 都市, which reading does 都 use?
Right. 都市 is read とし (toshi): 都 takes ト, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 都市 is read とし (toshi): 都 takes ト, its reading from Chinese.