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Kanji Detail for 路 - "road, way, method"

路

  • Meaning

    路 means "road, way, method."

    1. Road - A path for travel.

    2. Way - A route; a course.

    3. Method - A manner of proceeding.

  • Words using 路

    • 路線 ろせん Listen route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.)
    • 道路 どうろ Listen road; highway
    • 路上 ろじょう Listen on the road; on the street; in the street
    • 進路 しんろ Listen route; course; path
    • 高速道路 こうそくどうろ Listen highway; freeway; expressway
    • 線路 せんろ Listen railway track; railway line; railroad
    • 回路 かいろ Listen circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle
    • 航路 こうろ Listen (air or sea) route; course; line

  • Four-character idioms with 路

    • 一路平安 いちろへいあん Listen (wishing someone) bon voyage
    • 一路順風 いちろじゅんぷう Listen sailing before the wind; everything is going well
    • 人生行路 じんせいこうろ Listen journey of life
    • 理路整然 りろせいぜん Listen logical; cogent; well-reasoned
    • 真実一路 しんじついちろ Listen path of sincerity

  • Tattoo check: 路

    • Verified meaning: road, way, method
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こみち, みち, やく, らりぃ)

    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.

  • Name readings of 路

    Given names 路(こみち)Listen 路(みち)Listen 路(らりぃ)Listen

    Surnames 路(やく)Listen 路(ろ)Listen 路(ろう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    path; route; road; distance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    road, path, street; journey

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    road, path, street; journey

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

    A way that allows passage. Such as today's 航路 (sea route), 路線 (route). | Position. "Mencius" says "The master is in an important position in Qi." 當路 (in an important position). Same as later term 當道. Meaning occupying an important position. | Direction. Such as the central government's division of the four directions into 東路 (eastern route), 西路 (western route), 南路 (southern route), 北路 (northern route). | All that by which one travels is called 路. Such as saying 禮門義路 (gate of propriety and path of righteousness). Also order and logic. Such as writing having 思路 (train of thought), 筆路 (writing style). | Great. Where the ruler resides is called great. Therefore the gate is called 路門 (great gate). The sleeping chamber is called 路寢 (great chamber). | Carriage. In ancient times, the emperor had five carriages: 玉路 (jade carriage), 金路 (gold carriage), 象路 (ivory carriage), 革路 (leather carriage), 木路 (wood carriage).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ro(ロ) ロ

    ru(ル) ル

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ji(じ) じ

    michi(みち) みち

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    足 (ashi・ashihen)

  • Related Keywords

    road way method administrative division appear express emperor's carriage important position logic principle travel path route avenue course direction lane passage street thoroughfare track trail

Sentences including 路

  • One day he was walking along the street.

  • The road was wet from the rain.

  • He left for america by air.

  • Our house stands by the road.

  • road under repair.''

  • You should be careful in crossing the street.

  • The road is under repair.

  • The old man walked across the road carefully.

  • How long have you been in kushiro?

  • Cross the road with care.

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