Kanji

徒

on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

彳部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いたずら, あだ

Nanori (Name Reading)

かち, ただ, とも

Common Readings

Example sentences

生徒 せいと
放課後、生徒たちが校庭で遊んでいる。

After school, students are playing in the schoolyard.

にん
教室には生徒が五人います。

There are five students in the classroom.

生徒会 せいとかい
彼は生徒会の会長に選ばれた。

He was elected as the president of the student council.

委員長 いいんちょう
彼は生徒会の委員長に選ばれた。

He was elected as the chairperson of the student council.

生徒会長 せいとかいちょう
彼女は人望が厚く、満場一致で生徒会長に選ばれた。

She is highly trusted and was unanimously elected as the student council president.

女子生徒 じょしせいと
その女子生徒は放課後、図書室で勉強していた。

That female student was studying in the library after school.

ひそひそ話 ひそひそばなし
教室の隅で、二人の女子生徒がひそひそ話をしていた

Two female students were whispering in the corner of the classroom.

男子生徒 だんしせいと
廊下で数人の男子生徒が話している。

Several male students are talking in the hallway.

徒歩 とほ
駅から会場まで、徒歩で約10分かかります。

It takes about 10 minutes on foot from the station to the venue.

彼は真面目な学問の徒として知られている。

He is known as a serious student of learning.

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