EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace

    Usually written using kana alone

    森の中の小道を辿っていくのは楽しいことだ。
    It's fun to follow the path through the woods.
  2. to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory); to search; to go over

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of; to take (a course); to pursue (a path); to meet (a fate)

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

1
辿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

follow (road), pursue

Kun
たど.るたどり
On
テン
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
walk

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
3-3-3, 3-4-3SKIP code
2q3.1The Kanji Dictionary
3230.7Four corner code
8fbfUnicode hex code
1-35-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4665Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6015New Nelson (John Haig)
3968Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2758Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2413Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2493Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38718XMorohashi
chan1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading