EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    reason; logic; sense; truth; right

    どうしてお前は道理に従おうとしないのか。
    Why will you not listen to reason?
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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

logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

Kun
ことわり
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
86 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

あやおさむさとさとるただただしとおるのりまことまさまさしまろみちよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-7SKIP code
4f7.1The Kanji Dictionary
1611.4Four corner code
3172deroo
7406Unicode hex code
1-45-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2942Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3644New Nelson (John Haig)
970New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
659Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
881Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
265Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
283Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1361Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
104Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21014Morohashi
220A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
143Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
143Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
333sakade
217Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
239henshall3
212Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
59crowley
241Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.17busy_people
1321Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
271Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li3Pinyin reading
riKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level