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Kanji Detail for 徒 - "walk, follower, disciple"

徒

  • Meaning

    徒 means "walk, follower, disciple."

    1. Walk - To go on foot.

    2. Empty - Without contents; vain.

    3. Follower - A disciple; a companion.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    on foot; junior; emptiness; vanity; futility; uselessness; ephemeral thing; gang; set; party; people

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    disciple, follower; go on foot

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Tu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain

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

    To walk. Hence, infantry is called 徒. Such as "three myriads of infantry." Palanquin bearers are also 徒. Such as "the bearers and drivers were not alarmed." Both from (Book of Odes). | Multitude. Such as 實繁有徒. The ancient official 司徒 was in charge of the populace. | Disciples are called 徒. (Analects) "He is not of my group." Like saying "disciple." Also, associates are 徒黨. | Empty. Such as bare hands is 徒手. Also 徒博, 徒涉, same meaning. | Only. Such as Mencius's 徒善, 徒法. Also a particle. Such as 徒自苦耳, like saying "in vain." | A type of punishment. In the old system, criminals were sent to their home province's postal stations for labor. Today's fixed-term and life imprisonment both involve confinement with forced labor.
  • Onyomitip

    to(と) と

    zu(ず) ず

  • Kunyomitip

    ada(あだ) あだ

    itazura.ni(いたずらに) いたずらに

    kachi(かち) かち

    muda(むだ) むだ

    tada(ただ) ただ

    tomogara(ともがら) ともがら

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords
    walk foot empty vain follower disciple student pupil companion group gang party merely only just useless futile bare naked plain

Sentences including 徒

  • Tom is the most diligent student in class.

  • He spoke too fast for the student.

  • He has a bad reputation with his students.

  • How many are there in your class?

  • Students must not use this toilet.

  • He's a student who i'm teaching english to this year.

  • No students were absent.

  • He is popular with the students.

  • The student missed class three times in a row.

  • There were some students in the classroom.

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