| Kanji | 胴 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ドウ | 
| English | trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel | 
| Examples | 胴(どう): (1) trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist (2) plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo) (3) frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship) | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 1904 | 
| Components | 肉: meat 同: same; agree; equal | 
| Number of Strokes | 10 | 
| Kanji Radical | 肉 | 
| Radical Number | 130 | 
| Radical Strokes | 6 | 
| Radical Reading | にく・にくづき | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | trunk | 
| Koohii Story 1 | A trunk, a trunk // The body of a monk // The body of a monk in a trunk, a trunk. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Dead flesh all looks the same when you chop off everything but the trunk. Yes, I´m appalled at how gruesome this story is too. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 194 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_body_organ.torso
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