Kanji N3

路: path, route, road

路 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning path, route, road, written with 13 strokes. It is read ロ, ル (on) and みち (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 道路 (どうろ, road) and 進路 (しんろ, route).

路

Meanings

  • path
  • route
  • road
  • distance
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#529 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ロ
  • ル

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

Kun reading
  • -じ
  • みち

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 路

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

  • 道路どうろ

    road; highway

    JLPT N3
  • 進路しんろ

    route; course; path

    JLPT N1
  • 回路かいろ

    circuit

    JLPT N1
  • 経路けいろ

    course; route; path; channel

    JLPT N1
  • 通路つうろ

    passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

    JLPT N2
  • 線路せんろ

    railway track; railway line; railroad; railway

    JLPT N2
  • 針路しんろ

    course; direction

    JLPT N2
  • 海路うみじ

    sea route

    JLPT N1

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.