JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
道 means road-way, street, district. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 12 strokes, read みち or いう or どう. It is built from 2 parts: 首 (neck, counter for songs and poems), ⻌ (road, advance). It appears in 柔道 (judo) and 水道 (water service / water line).
道 is written in 12 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
道 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道 | みち | road / street |
| 柔道 | じゅうどう | judo |
| 水道 | すいどう | water service / water line |
These use 首 or ⻌ too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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