Kanji N3

徒: on foot, junior, emptiness

徒 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning on foot, junior, emptiness, written with 10 strokes. It is read ト (on) and いたずら, あだ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 生徒 (せいと, pupil) and 徒歩 (とほ, walking).

徒

Meanings

  • on foot
  • junior
  • emptiness
  • vanity
  • futility
  • uselessness
  • ephemeral thing
  • gang
  • set
  • party
  • people
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#817 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ト

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

Kun reading
  • いたずら
  • あだ

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 徒

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

  • 生徒せいと

    pupil; student; schoolchild

    JLPT N5
  • 徒歩とほ

    walking; going on foot

    JLPT N1
  • 教徒きょうと

    believer; adherent

  • 学徒がくと

    student; follower; students and pupils

  • 信徒しんと

    layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

  • 暴徒ぼうと

    rioters; mob; insurgents

  • 使徒しと

    apostle; disciple

  • 徒労とろう

    fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme

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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.