Entry
  1. Noun

    branch road; forked road; branch; fork; crossroads

    私は分かれ道を右手に行った。
    I took the right fork of the road.
  2. crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

Also written 別れ道【わかれみち】別れ路【わかれみち】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Kun
わ.けるわ.けわ.かれるわ.かるわ.かつ
On
ブンフン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
24 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

いたわけ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2o2.1The Kanji Dictionary
8022.7Four corner code
2045deroo
5206Unicode hex code
1-42-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
578Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
454New Nelson (John Haig)
1972New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2466Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1247Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1713Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
781Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
844Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
35A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
64Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
35Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1853Morohashi
199A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133sakade
22Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
218henshall3
101Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
28crowley
26Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
180Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
788Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fen1, fen4Pinyin reading
bunKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Kun
みちいう
On
ドウトウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
207 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

みつおさむ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-9, 3-2-9SKIP code
2q9.14The Kanji Dictionary
3830.6Four corner code
979deroo
9053Unicode hex code
1-38-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4724Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6091New Nelson (John Haig)
3134New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3888Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2000Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2701Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
277Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
295Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1811Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
141Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39010PMorohashi
188A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
149Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
122sakade
93Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
205henshall3
220Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
123crowley
66Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
710Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
283Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dao4Pinyin reading
doKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level