徒 – on foot, junior, emptiness

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The kanji 徒 means on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ト (to); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いたずら、あだ (itazura, ada). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ト	to
Kun’yomi	いたずら	itazura
Kun’yomi	あだ	ada

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 走・土・彳.

Words using 徒

生徒せいとpupil徒歩とほwalking

Example sentences

あなたは何と賢い生徒なのでしょう。

What a clever student you are!

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ジョンは彼のオフィスへ徒歩で行きます。

John goes to his office on foot.

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Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従彼徴徹律御徳微往径徐

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.