都 – Kanji details

Keyword

metropolis

Info

Frequency	Top 300-400
Type	Kyōiku (3rd grade) ?
	Shinjitai ?
Kanken	Level 8
Heisig	1989
Old form	都
Readings	と (77%) つ (19%) みやこ (2%)
	つのずど

Composed of

者

someone

阝

small village

Mnemonic

Every metropolis started as a small village to which someone suddenly decided to come and live in. Then another someone did it too. And another, and so on, until it stops being a small village, and becomes a metropolis.

Used in vocabulary (383 in total)

都つ合ごう

circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

都と市し

town; city; municipal; urban

都と

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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Examples (200 in total)

まあ、俺おれは都と市しの場ば所しょがわかればそれでいい。

Well, it's fine with me as long as I know the location of the city.

なかなか厄やっ介かいそうな都と市しだな。

That's quite a troublesome-looking city.

今こん後ごの状じょう況きょう次し第だいで都と市し警けい察さつと協きょう力りょくする可か能のう性せいもあるしな。

Depending on the future situation, there is also the possibility of cooperating with the city police.