| 1662 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1564 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3767 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1500 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1674 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1300 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1379 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1341 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1032 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1186 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 646 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 184 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29436 | Morohashi |
| 950 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4810 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 182 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 194 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1347 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel
- On:
- ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 胴 【ドウ】 trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist, plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo), frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship), dealer
- 胴上げ 【ドウアゲ】 tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
- 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
- 台胴 【ダイドウ】 dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)
Readings
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- tronco (cuerpo)
- torso
Portuguese
- tronco
- torso
- casco (navio)
- cubo de roda
French
- tronc (du corps)
- torse
- coque (bateau)
- moyeu
| 3949 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b6.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80f4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絞 【コウ】 death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
- 絞殺 【コウサツ】 strangulation, strangling
Kun reading compounds
- 絞る 【しぼる】 to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
- 絞める 【しめる】 to strangle, to constrict
- 絞まる 【しまる】 to be strangled, to be constricted
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- constreñir
- contraer
- torcer
- estrujar
Portuguese
- estrangular
- apertar
- torcer
French
- étrangler
- serrer
- tordre
| 1261 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1825 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3535 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1394 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1630 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1452 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1545 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1565 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1533 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1707 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 913 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1236 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1360 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27421 | Morohashi |
| 1349 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4485 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1348 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1448 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1576 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2766 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2094.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d5e | Unicode hex code |