とう

See also: どう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とう – see the following entries.

【刀】2 [affix] [from 800s] sword, knife, blade [noun] [from 1908] a sword, a katana [noun] [from 1895] a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon [noun] [from 1913] a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword

【当】2 [prefix] this (business or place)

【灯】4 [noun] a light, lamp [counter] counter for 電灯 (dentō, “electric lights”) [suffix] electric light [affix] light, lamp [affix] (by extension) Buddhist teaching

【投】3 [counter] (baseball) pitches

【棟】S [counter] buildings [noun] large building [suffix] building Alternative spelling むね

【等】3 [adverb] et cetera [suffix] rank, class, order [suffix] et cetera, that kind of thing, and so on

【頭】2 [counter] counter for certain relatively large animals, or for livestock animals; "head" [counter] counter for insects (used only in biology) [noun] head

【党】6 [noun] political party [suffix] political party

【塔】S [noun] tower (structure) [noun] (Buddhism) pagoda, stupa [noun] (Christianity) steeple, spire [noun] turret (of a castle or fortification) [suffix] (in general) tower [suffix] (Buddhist) pagoda, stupa [suffix] (Christianity) steeple, spire [suffix] turret (of a castle or fortification)

【糖】6 [noun] (organic chemistry) sugar

【纛】H [noun] This term needs a translation to English.

【東】2 [proper noun] Short for 関東 (Kantō):: the Kantō region of Japan [proper noun] Short for 東国 (Tōgoku): a historical administrative division of Japan, corresponding to the modern Kantō and Tōkai regions [proper noun] Short for 東京 (Tōkyō): Tokyo [proper noun] a surname [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [affix] east

【唐】S [noun] foreign lands in general [proper noun] (historical) name of various Chinese dynasties: [proper noun] the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) [proper noun] the 後唐 (Kōtō, “Later Tang”) (923-937 CE) [proper noun] the 南唐 (Nantō, “Southern Tang”) (937–976 CE) [proper noun] (dated) China in general

【藤】S [affix] wisteria [affix] creeper (plant grown by creeping) [affix] Short for 藤原 (Fujiwara): Fujiwara clan [proper noun] a surname

【島】3 [affix] island

【問う】 [verb] to ask; to inquire [verb] to accuse (of a crime) [verb] to care (about), have regard (for)

(This term, とう (tō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 豆, 統, 榻, 薹, 籐, 湯, 疾う, 杜宇, 訪う.)