倒
倒 — Overthrow
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiたおれる (taoreru)
Kun’yomi-だおれ (daore)
Kun’yomiたおす (taosu)
Kun’yomiさかさま (sakasama)
Kun’yomiさかさ (sakasa)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 倒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圧倒的 | あっとうてき attouteki | overwhelming |
| 倒産 | とうさん tousan | (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure |
| 面倒 | めんどう mendou | trouble; bother; trouble |
| 前倒し | まえだおし maedaoshi | moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading |
| 倒れる | たおれる taoreru | to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall |
| 打倒 | だとう datou | overthrow; defeat; bringing down |
Study notes
倒 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #791 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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