Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

胴: trunk, torso

Also: hull (ship), hub of wheel

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 同 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 胴どうtrunk; torso; body
  • 胴体どうたいtrunk; torso; body
  • 胴上げどうあげtossing (someone) into the air (in…

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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同

Also built on same (同)

胴 takes the 同 family's reading, ドウ (dou).

Also read ドウ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
胴 trunk · 月
vs桐 paulownia · 木
胴 has 月 where 桐 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dòng

Same form: 胴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
胴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
胴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dòng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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