EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to be bewildered; to be perplexed

    しかし、どうしてそうなるのかについては私は説明にとまどう。
    But how that comes about I am at a loss to explain.

Also written 途惑う【とまどう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

Kun
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
575 of 2500
Radical
door
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
4m0.1The Kanji Dictionary
3027.7, 3020.7Four corner code
3060deroo
6238Unicode hex code
1-24-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1817Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2048New Nelson (John Haig)
1930New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2429Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1227Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1691Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1076Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1157Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
342A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
59Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
126Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11696XMorohashi
108A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
152Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
152Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69sakade
551Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
120henshall3
90Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
534Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
841Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1085Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hu4Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beguile, delusion, perplexity

Kun
まど.う
On
ワク
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
777 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4k8.16The Kanji Dictionary
5333.0Four corner code
1458deroo
60d1Unicode hex code
1-47-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1710Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1892New Nelson (John Haig)
2786New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3461Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2427Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
614Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
661Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1784Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1131Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10789Morohashi
1942A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
969Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1001Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1302Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1532Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1071Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
789Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
622Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo4Pinyin reading
hogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level