倒 — kanji meaning “overthrow”
倒
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
- Meanings
- overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- たお.れる、-だお.れ、たお.す、さかさま、さかさ、さかしま
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #791 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- dǎo, dào — Chinese character page
Words with 倒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面倒 | めんどう mendou | trouble; bother |
| 倒産 | とうさん tousan | (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure |
| 圧倒的 | あっとうてき attouteki | overwhelming |
| 倒れる | たおれる taoreru | to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall |
| 倒す | たおす taosu | to throw down; to bring down; to blow down |
| 圧倒 | あっとう attou | to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush |
| 倒れ | たおれ taore | collapse; collapsing; death |
| 前倒し | まえだおし maedaoshi | moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading |
| 打倒 | だとう datou | overthrow; defeat; bringing down |
| 転倒 | てんとう tentou | fall; falling down; tumbling |
| 倒壊 | とうかい toukai | destruction; collapse; crumbling |
| 一辺倒 | いっぺんとう ippentou | complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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