Memory phrase for the character: 都

都

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Meaning

town, city, metropolis

Pronunciation

TO, TSU
miyako

Explanation

 Left: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.), right: village ⻏

Mnemonic
 
When (many) persons are in a village, it develops to: a city.

Radicals

者 person
⻏ village, city wallThis radical oozato is always at the right side of the kanji and means "village". Please note the difference to the radical kozato 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the kanji.




 Vocabulary

都 みやこ  capital, metropolis
都合 つごう  circumstances, condition, convenience
京都 きょうと  Kyoto
都会 とかい  city
都市 とし  town, city, municipal, urban
都心 としん  heart (of city)
首都 しゅと  capital city

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