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Kanji Detail for 倒 - "upside down"

倒

  • Meaning

    倒 means "upside down." Also associated with to topple, to tumble.

    1. To topple - To fall down.

    2. To tumble - To trip; to stumble.

    3. Upside down - To invert; to turn over.

  • Words using 倒

    • 圧倒的 あっとうてき Listen overwhelming
    • 倒産 とうさん Listen (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure
    • 面倒 めんどう Listen trouble; bother; trouble
    • 前倒し まえだおし Listen moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
    • 打倒 だとう Listen overthrow; defeat; bringing down
    • 圧倒 あっとう Listen to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush
    • 一辺倒 いっぺんとう Listen complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for)
    • 倒す たおす Listen to throw down; to bring down; to blow down

  • Four-character idioms with 倒

    • 本末転倒 ほんまつてんとう Listen putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
    • 七転八倒 しちてんばっとう Listen tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
    • 主客転倒 しゅかくてんとう Listen reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned
    • 冠履転倒 かんりてんとう Listen disorder; chaos; inversion
    • 抱腹絶倒 ほうふくぜっとう Listen laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter

  • Tattoo check: 倒

    • Verified meaning: upside down
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to topple, to tumble

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    overthrow; fall; collapse; drop; break down

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fall over; lie down; take turns

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to collapse, to fall over; to lie down

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To fall. Objects unable to stand upright. All that cannot remain standing is called 倒. Such as 倒賬 (bad debt). | To invert. Switching upper and lower positions is called 倒. Such as 倒懸 (hanging upside down), 倒置 (inverted). Today, pouring out contents is also called 倒, meaning to turn the container upside down.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    dao.re(だお-れ) だお-れ

    sakasa(さかさ) さかさ

    sakasama(さかさま) さかさま

    sakashima(さかしま) さかしま

    tao.reru(たお-れる) たお-れる

    tao.su(たお-す) たお-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to topple to tumble upside down collapse fall overturn defeat invert crumble demolish ruin stumble subvert knock down wreck overthrow

Sentences including 倒

  • Tom knocked him down.

  • I'll drop if i don't sit down.

  • She cared for her son.

  • She looked after my dog for a month.

  • She has been looking after her sick sister for ten years.

  • Please take care of my baby while i am out.

  • Suddenly , he fell down on his back.

  • The news upset me.

  • Who looks after the children?

  • That company went bankrupt.

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