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Kanji Detail for 都 - "capital"

都

  • Meaning

    都 means "capital." Also associated with elegant, large city.

    1. Capital - City where the emperor resides; metropolis.

    2. Elegant - Refined and beautiful.

  • Words using 都

    • 京都 きょうと Listen Kyoto (city, prefecture)
    • 都内 とない Listen within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
    • 都市 とし Listen town; city; municipal
    • 首都 しゅと Listen (national) capital (city); metropolis
    • 首都圏 しゅとけん Listen Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
    • 都道府県 とどうふけん Listen prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
    • 都心 としん Listen city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
    • 都議 とぎ Listen Metropolitan assemblyman

  • Tattoo check: 都

    • Verified meaning: capital
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かおる, くに, さと, さとし)
    • Also carries these associations: elegant, large city

    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 都

    Given names 都(かおる)Listen 都(くに)Listen 都(さと)Listen 都(さとし)Listen 都(つづれ)Listen 都(みや)Listen 都(みやこ)Listen 都(みやび)Listen

    Surnames 都(つぎ)Listen 都(と)Listen 都(ど)Listen 都(とさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    capital; metropolis

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    metropolis

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

    tsu(ツ) ツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miyako(みやこ) みやこ

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    capital elegant large city metropolis all central city civic cosmopolitan district downtown gather govern hub metropolitan municipal refined sophisticated urban

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