杜
杜 — Woods
woods, grove
On’yomiト (to)
On’yomiトウ (tou)
On’yomiズ (zu)
Kun’yomiもり (mori)
Kun’yomiふさぐ (fusagu)
Kun’yomiやまなし (yamanashi)
Stroke order (7 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 杜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜撰 | ずさん zusan | careless; sloppy; faulty |
Study notes
杜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2062 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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