Entry
  1. Noun

    banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; person who rents out space for gambling and charges commission

  2. manager; boss

Also written 筒元【どうもと】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel

On
ドウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1904 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.10The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3949deroo
80f4Unicode hex code
1-38-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3767Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4810New Nelson (John Haig)
950New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1186Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
857Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
182Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
194Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1564A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1500Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29436Morohashi
1662A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1300Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1379Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1674Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1347Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1341Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1032Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
184Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dong4Pinyin reading
dongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level