Search Kanji for tou

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street

Meaning: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのと
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ/チン/トウ/チ

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

Meaning: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

sword

Meaning: sword; saber; knife
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ

knife

Meaning: knife; standing sword radical (no. 18)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

Big Dipper

Meaning: Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

truly

Meaning: truly; graciously; gratuitously; ravenously
Kun-yomi: みだりに
On-yomi: トウ

grieved

Meaning: grieved; distressed in mind
Kun-yomi: うれ.える
On-yomi: トウ

winter

Meaning: winter
Kun-yomi: ふゆ
On-yomi: トウ

lamp

Meaning: lamp; a light; light; counter for lights
Kun-yomi: ひ/ほ-/ともしび/とも.す/あかり
On-yomi: トウ

hit

Meaning: hit; right; appropriate; himself
Kun-yomi: あ.たる/あ.たり/あ.てる/あ.て/まさ.に/まさ.にべし
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すす.む
On-yomi: エン/トウ

inch

Meaning: inch
Kun-yomi: インチ
On-yomi: トウ/ドウ/スン

type of tree

Meaning: type of tree
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

to bump

Meaning: to bump
Kun-yomi: つ.く
On-yomi: トウ/ジョウ/テイ/チョウ

jingling

Meaning: jingling; tinkling
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/トウ

throw

Meaning: throw; discard; abandon; launch into; join; invest in; hurl; give up; sell at a loss
Kun-yomi: な.げる/-な.げ
On-yomi: トウ

beans

Meaning: beans; pea; midget
Kun-yomi: まめ/まめ-
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

name

Meaning: name
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; abscond; dodge
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

red

Meaning: red; vermilion; name of ancient
Kun-yomi: あか.い
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

younger brother

Meaning: younger brother; faithful service to elders
Kun-yomi: おとうと
On-yomi: テイ/ダイ/デ

fearful

Meaning: fearful; nervous; timid
Kun-yomi: むな.しい
On-yomi: トク/トウ

woods

Meaning: woods; grove
Kun-yomi: もり/ふさ.ぐ/やまなし
On-yomi: ト/トウ/ズ

shake

Meaning: shake; jiggle
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ト/トウ

east

Meaning: east
Kun-yomi: ひがし
On-yomi: トウ

money repository

Meaning: money repository
Kun-yomi: かねぐら
On-yomi: トウ/ド

arrival

Meaning: arrival; proceed; reach; attain; result in
Kun-yomi: いた.る
On-yomi: トウ

escape

Meaning: escape; flee; shirk; evade; set free
Kun-yomi: に.げる/に.がす/のが.す/のが.れる
On-yomi: トウ

big

Meaning: big; ignorant; rude; rustic
Kun-yomi: おろ.か/いた.む/かたち/なおい/まこと/つつし.む
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/ズ

pottery

Meaning: pottery
Kun-yomi: やきもの
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

bow case

Meaning: bow case; scabbard; sheathe
Kun-yomi: ゆみぶくろ
On-yomi: トウ

shoes

Meaning: shoes; boots
Kun-yomi: くつ
On-yomi: トウ

to spit out

Meaning: to spit out
Kun-yomi: つばをはいていな.む
On-yomi: トウ

capital

Meaning: capital
Kun-yomi: ひしゃく
On-yomi: シュ/トウ/ツ

cave

Meaning: cave
Kun-yomi: すぎる
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く/さ.ける
On-yomi: ロウ/ル/トウ/ツ

steal

Meaning: steal
Kun-yomi: しかり
On-yomi: ツ/トウ/ユ

transparent

Meaning: transparent; permeate; filter; penetrate
Kun-yomi: す.く/す.かす/す.ける/とう.る/とう.す
On-yomi: トウ

mountain pass

Meaning: mountain pass; ancient kuni; low ground; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: たわ/とうげ/たお/あくつ
On-yomi:

mountain peak

Meaning: mountain peak; mountain pass; climax; crest; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: とうげ
On-yomi:

candle wick

Meaning: candle wick; lamp wick; stick of
Kun-yomi: とうしん
On-yomi: シュ

butterbur

Meaning: butterbur; bog rhubarb
Kun-yomi: ふき
On-yomi: トウ

cleanse

Meaning: cleanse; river in Gansu province
Kun-yomi: あら.う
On-yomi: トウ/ヨウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しゅんぎく
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

painful

Meaning: painful; fearful
Kun-yomi: いた.む
On-yomi: ドウ/トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つぼ
On-yomi: トウ/ツ

to restrain

Meaning: to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; mound
Kun-yomi: ふさ.ぐ
On-yomi: シュ/ショウ/トウ/ズ

sacrifice

Meaning: sacrifice
Kun-yomi: はふりどころ
On-yomi: チョウ/トウ

ears hanging down

Meaning: ears hanging down
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/チョウ

beak

Meaning: beak
Kun-yomi: くちばし
On-yomi: トウ/ツ/チュウ/シュウ

stop

Meaning: stop
Kun-yomi: とど.まる
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

effigy

Meaning: effigy
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヨウ/トウ/ユウ

mountain in Gansu province

Meaning: mountain in Gansu province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: とお.る
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

Mountain in Gansu province

Meaning: Mountain in Gansu province
Kun-yomi: えびす
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

peach tree

Meaning: peach tree
Kun-yomi: もも
On-yomi: トウ

waves

Meaning: waves; billows
Kun-yomi: なみ
On-yomi: トウ

ache

Meaning: ache; pain; tingle; fester
Kun-yomi: うず.く/いた.む
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

chastise

Meaning: chastise; attack; defeat; destroy; conquer
Kun-yomi: う.つ
On-yomi: トウ

defile

Meaning: defile; blaspheme; ditch
Kun-yomi: けが.す/けが.れ/みぞ
On-yomi: トク/トウ

heat

Meaning: heat
Kun-yomi: あつ.い
On-yomi: トウ/ズ

island

Meaning: island
Kun-yomi: しま
On-yomi: トウ/チョウ
倀

ghost of one devoured by tiger

Meaning: ghost of one devoured by tiger
Kun-yomi: くる.う/たお.れる
On-yomi: チョウ/トウ/ジョウ

paulownia

Meaning: paulownia
Kun-yomi: きり
On-yomi: トウ/ドウ

if

Meaning: if; supposing; in event of; dullness
Kun-yomi: もし/たちもとほ.る
On-yomi: ショウ/トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: おろか
On-yomi: トウ/ツ

adzuki beans

Meaning: adzuki beans; thick
Kun-yomi: あずき/こた.える
On-yomi: トウ

settlement

Meaning: settlement; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store
Kun-yomi: おさ.める/-おさ.める/おさ.まる
On-yomi: ノウ/ナッ/ナ/ナン/トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: み.ちる
On-yomi: トウ/フク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はか.る/はじ.める
On-yomi: チョウ/ジョウ/トウ

knife

Meaning: knife; sword
Kun-yomi: かたな/そり
On-yomi: トウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つ.げる
On-yomi: トウ/ツ

steep

Meaning: steep; sloping; abruptly; sudden
Kun-yomi: そばだ.つ
On-yomi: トウ/ツ

bookshelf

Meaning: bookshelf; archives
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トウ

overthrow

Meaning: overthrow; fall; collapse; drop; break down
Kun-yomi: たお.れる/-だお.れ/たお.す/さかさま/さかさ/さかしま
On-yomi: トウ

party

Meaning: party; faction; clique
Kun-yomi: なかま/むら
On-yomi: トウ

frozen

Meaning: frozen; congeal; refrigerate
Kun-yomi: こお.る/こご.える/こご.る/い.てる/し.みる
On-yomi: トウ

T'ang

Meaning: T'ang; China
Kun-yomi: から
On-yomi: トウ

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