徒
徒 — On foot
on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness
On’yomiト (to)
Kun’yomiいたずら (itazura)
Kun’yomiあだ (ada)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 徒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生徒 | せいと seito | pupil; student; schoolchild |
| 教徒 | きょうと kyouto | believer; adherent |
| 徒歩 | とほ toho | walking; going on foot |
| 学徒 | がくと gakuto | student; follower; students and pupils |
| 信徒 | しんと shinto | layman; believer; adherent |
| 暴徒 | ぼうと bouto | rioters; mob; insurgents |
Study notes
徒 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #817 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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