10 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 7th grade
    
                                                    JLPT exam level N3
                                            overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
Kun'yomi
- た - お - れ - る - to fall (over, down) ②to be destroyed (in a collapse) ③to be confined to bed (with an illness) ④to die 
- -だお - れ 
- た - お - す - to throw down ②to kill ③to overthrow ④to leave unpaid 
- さ - か - さ - ま - inverted 
- さかさ 
- さ - か - し - ま - reverse ②unreasonable 
On'yomi
- トウ 
Main Radical
人(KanXi)
Reading Commonality
| たおれる-だおれたおす | 76.3% | 
| トウ | 23.7% | 
Character Breakdown
overthrow, fall, collapse
たお.れる トウ さかさま (7th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
Common Words
                                    to fall (over, down) ②to be destroyed (in a collapse) ③to be confined to bed (with an illness) ④to die
                                
                            References
| Unicode hex code | 5012 | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-37-61 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 487 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 256 | 
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 124 | 
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| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 767 | 
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 1643 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 905 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 927 | 
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 324 | 
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 1303 | 
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 225 | 
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 109 | 
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 989 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 2a8.5 | 
| Four corner code | 2220.0 | 
| De Roo Code | 2143 |