道

Meanings

1. road; path; street; lane; passage
2. route; way
3. distance; journey
4. road (e.g. to victory); course
5. way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 道

  Meanings

  road-way, street, district, journey

  On reading

  ドウ、トウ

  Kun reading

  みち、いう

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• 道は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。

  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

  Tatoeba #75838 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 人生は重い荷を背負って遠い道を行くようなものだ。

  One's life is like going far with a burden on one's back.

  Tatoeba #143981 · CC BY 2.0 FR