Entry
  1. Noun

    antics; buffoonery; clowning

    道化の妙技は少年達にとってとても楽しかった。
    The clown's stunts were highly amusing to the boys.
  2. clown; jester

    Abbreviationsee 道化方

Also written 道外【どうけ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Kun
ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
89 of 2500
Radical
spoon
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2a2.6The Kanji Dictionary
2421.0, 2121.0Four corner code
2156deroo
5316Unicode hex code
1-18-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
350Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
580New Nelson (John Haig)
21New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
22Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1008Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
56Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
76Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2572XMorohashi
238A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
163sakade
378Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
258henshall3
242Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
104crowley
414Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
55Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1017Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua4Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level