Kanji N3

途: route, way, road

途 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning route, way, road, written with 10 strokes. It is read ト (on) and みち (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 途中 (とちゅう, on the way) and 途端 (とたん, just).

途

Meanings

  • route
  • way
  • road
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#717 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ト

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みち

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 途

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 途中とちゅう

    on the way; en route

    JLPT N4
  • 途端とたん

    just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as

    JLPT N3
  • 用途ようと

    use; service; purpose

    JLPT N2
  • 前途ぜんと

    future; prospects; outlook

    JLPT N1
  • 中途ちゅうと

    halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

    JLPT N2
  • 途上とじょう

    on the way; en route

    JLPT N1
  • 途絶えるとだえる

    to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

    JLPT N1
  • 使途しと

    purpose for which money is spent

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.