都 — Chinese character
都
dōu
all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital
- Pinyin
- dōu
- Radical
- 163 ⾢ (City)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 者 阝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — city; meaning component 阝; sound component 者
- Japanese
- 都 as a kanji
Common words with 都
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); 个 (gè) |
| 全都 | quán dōu | all; without exception |
| 都市 | dū shì | city; metropolis |
| 大都 | dà dōu | for the most part; on the whole |
| 大都 | dà dū | for the most part; on the whole |
| 京都 | jīng dū | capital (of a country) |
| 大都会 (大都會) | dà dū huì | major city; metropolis |
| 都城 | dū chéng | capital city |
| 大都市 | dà dū shì | metropolis; large city |
| 都督 | dū dū | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |
| 帝都 | dì dū | imperial capital |
| 古都 | gǔ dū | ancient capital |
English words written with 都
都 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 3
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