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Trunk Hull Plastron Body Monk 胴 ドウ Torso

Kanji
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
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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