JLPT N1 · 7 strokes
Kanji 杜: "woods, grove"
The kanji 杜 means "woods, grove". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ト, トウ, ズ in on'yomi and もり, ふさ.ぐ, やまなし in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トトウズ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
もりふさ.ぐやまなし
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | woods, grove |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2062 of 2,501 |
Common words with 杜
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 杜撰careless; sloppy; faulty · using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
- 杜氏chief brewer at a sake brewery
- 鎮守の杜grove of the village shrine
- 杜鵑花satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
- 杜松temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
- 杜漏careless; negligent
- 山杜鵑lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains) · Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
- いずれ菖蒲か杜若(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
- 杜仲茶Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)
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