noun

  1. road, path, street, route. Abbreviation.
  2. way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself.
  3. Buddhist teachings.
  4. Taoism.
  5. modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido).
  6. historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.).
  7. province (Tang-era administrative region of China).
  8. province (modern administrative region of Korea).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
どう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

road-way, street, district
みち ドウ ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)