都 — kanji meaning “metropolis”
都
metropolis, capital, all, everything
- Meanings
- metropolis, capital, all, everything
- On'yomi
- ト (to)、ツ (tsu)
- Kun'yomi
- みやこ
- Name readings
- くに、ず、ち、づめ、みや
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #123 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 163
- Chinese reading
- dū, dōu — Chinese character page
Words with 都
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 都市 | とし toshi | town; city; municipal |
| 都合 | つごう tsugou | circumstances; condition; convenience |
| 首都 | しゅと shuto | (national) capital (city); metropolis |
| 都内 | とない tonai | within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area |
| 京都 | きょうと kyouto | Kyoto (city, prefecture) |
| 都会 | とかい tokai | city |
| 都心 | としん toshin | city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area |
| 都道府県 | とどうふけん todoufuken | prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures |
| 都立 | とりつ toritsu | metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| 都庁 | とちょう tochou | Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office) |
| 不都合 | ふつごう futsugou | inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable |
| 都民 | とみん tomin | resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite |
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