Memory phrase for the Kanji: 道


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Meaning street, way, path

Pronunciation

DŌ, TŌ
michi

Explanation

Left: movement , right: head (eye with bushy eyebrow )

Mnemonic


 
The heads are in motion on the street.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
headAlso this variation of head is used:
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 Vocabulary

みち  street
赤道 せきどう  equator
神道 しんとう  Shinto (religion practiced in Japan)
武士道 ぶしどう  Bushido, samurai code of chivalry
弓道 きゅうどう  Kyudo (Japanese art of archery)
北海道 ほっかいどう  Hokkaido
枝道 えだみち  branch road, byroad, side street, digression
野道 のみち  path in a field, lane
歩道 ほどう  footpath, walkway, sidewalk

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