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Kanji Information Sheet for 同 ( 
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| English: same agree equal | On-Yomi: ドウ | Kun-Yomi: おな.じ |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
冂 (まきがまえ) – display case
口 (くち) – mouth
冂 (まきがまえ) – display case
口 (くち) – mouth
Henshall Mnemonic: all hoops have same single opening
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #15 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #15 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 同じ [おなじ]
(adj-na,n) same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 同時 [どうじ]
(adj-no,n) simultaneous(ly); concurrent; same time; synchronous [K] [D] [Jisho] - 共同 [きょうどう]
(n) cooperation; association; collaboration; joint [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同様 [どうよう]
(adj-na,n) identical; equal to; same (kind); like [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同僚 [どうりょう]
(n) coworker; colleague; associate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同一 [どういつ]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) identity; sameness; similarity; equality; fairness [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 合同 [ごうどう]
(adj-na,n) combination; incorporation; union; amalgamation; fusion; congruence [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 同士 [どうし]
(n) fellow; companion; comrade [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同志 [どうし]
(n) same mind; comrade; kindred soul [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同情 [どうじょう]
(n,vs) sympathy; compassion; sympathize; pity; feel for [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同調 [どうちょう]
(n,vs) sympathy; agree with; alignment; tuning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同等 [どうとう]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) equality; equal; same rights; same rank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 混同 [こんどう]
(n) confusion; mixing; merger [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同封 [どうふう]
(n,vs) enclosure (e.g. in a letter) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同盟 [どうめい]
(n,vs) alliance; union; league [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同 [どう]
(n) the same; the said; ibid. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同意 [どうい]
(n,vs) agreement; consent; same meaning; same opinion; approval [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同感 [どうかん]
(n) agreement; same opinion; same feeling; sympathy; concurrence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同級 [どうきゅう]
(n) the same grade; same class [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同居 [どうきょ]
(n,vs) living together [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一同 [いちどう]
(n) all present; all concerned; all of us [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 同国 [どうこく]
(n) the same country; the same province; the said country [K] [D] [Jisho] - 異口同音 [いくどうおん]
(n) in concert; with one voice; unanimously [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同市 [どうし]
(n) same city [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同氏 [どうし]
(n) the said person; he; she; same person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同時代 [どうじだい]
the same age; same period [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同室 [どうしつ]
(n) the same room [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同社 [どうしゃ]
(n) the same firm [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同種 [どうしゅ]
(n) same kind (race); homogeneousness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同省 [どうしょう]
(n) the said ministry; the same ministry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同上 [どうじょう]
(n) same as above; ditto; ibid. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同乗 [どうじょう]
(n,vs) riding together; riding with [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同人 [どうじん]
(n) literary group (coterie); same person; said person; clique; fraternity; kindred spirits; comrade; colleague [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同数 [どうすう]
(n) same number [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同姓 [どうせい]
(n) same surname [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同性 [どうせい]
(n) same sex; homosexuality; homogeneity; congeniality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同性愛 [どうせいあい]
(n) homosexual love [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同棲 [どうせい]
(n,vs) cohabitation; living together [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同席 [どうせき]
(n,vs) sit with; be with [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同船 [どうせん]
(n) the same ship; taking the same ship [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同然 [どうぜん]
(adj-na,n) similar to; same; right; proper; just; natural [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同窓 [どうそう]
(n) the same school [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同窓会 [どうそうかい]
(n) graduate's association; alumni meeting; class reunion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同地 [どうち]
(n) the same place; that place [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同町 [どうちょう]
(n) the same town; that town [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同店 [どうてん]
(n) the same store; the same shop [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.