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Kanji Detail for 徒 - "empty, follower"

徒

  • Meaning

    徒 means "empty, follower." Also associated with to walk.

    1. Walk - To go on foot.

    2. Empty - Without contents; vain.

    3. Follower - A disciple; a companion.

  • Words using 徒

    • 生徒 せいと Listen pupil; student; schoolchild
    • 教徒 きょうと Listen believer; adherent
    • 徒歩 とほ Listen walking; going on foot
    • 学徒 がくと Listen student; follower; students and pupils
    • 信徒 しんと Listen layman; believer; adherent
    • 暴徒 ぼうと Listen rioters; mob; insurgents

  • Four-character idioms with 徒

    • 一味徒党 いちみととう Listen whole party to a plot; whole gang; fellow conspirators
    • 徒手空拳 としゅくうけん Listen being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
    • 無為徒食 むいとしょく Listen idling one's time away

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    • Verified meaning: empty, follower
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とうめ, とうめい)
    • Also carries these associations: to walk

    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 徒

    Surnames 徒(とうめ)Listen 徒(とうめい)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ada(あだ) あだ

    itazura(いたずら) いたずら

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    walk empty follower fellow futile limited nothing disciple pedestrian apprentice bare devotee learner student vain foot stride

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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