戸
戸 — Door
door, counter for houses
On’yomiコ (ko)
Kun’yomiと (to)
Stroke order (4 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 戸
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 江戸 | えど edo | Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo |
| 戸 | と to | door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter |
| 井戸 | いど ido | water well |
| 戸惑い | とまどい tomadoi | being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion |
| 戸籍 | こせき koseki | family register; census |
| 戸数 | こすう kosuu | number of houses; number of households |
Study notes
戸 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #575 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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