漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
度: degrees, occurrence
Also: time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
又 carries the meaning · 广 carries meaning and sound · 廿 gives the sound
Four readings, and the words that use each
ドdo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 一度いちどonce
- 今度こんどthis time, next time
- 何度もなんどもmany times over
- 程度ていどdegree, amount
- 速度そくどspeed
- 態度たいどattitude
- 温度おんどtemperature
- 20度にじゅうどtwenty degrees
トto · on'yomi
- 御法度ごはっとtaboo
タクtaku · on'yomi
- 支度するしたくするprepare
たびtabi · kun'yomi · on its own
- ~度にたびにwhenever, every time
Also read -たい, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)石 rock (sound) + 又 hand (meaning)
Duan Yucai argues that the presence of the hand component in this character is because the hand was used as a reference for measurement. 石 is then corrupted into .
Source: Wiktionary, 度 (rev. 92086005), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Slant roof (广) + twenty (廿) + hand (又). It originally related to a "hand" measuring out storage spaces under a "roof"—representing a specific unit of "degree" or "time."”
Connections
Also built on 廿
Also read タク
9 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dù
Same form: 度 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 度 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 度 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.