metropolis
N4- Onyomi
- ト・ツ
- Kunyomi
- みやこ
- Stroke count
- 11
- JLPT
- N4
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 都 down and you get 者 (person doing it) — someone standing over their work, and beside it ⻏ (village / town) — a walled town climbing the slope at the right edge of the character. Picture a terraced hillside, put 都 inside it, and let that scene stand for "metropolis" — metropolis. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 11
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は11画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
都会
tokai
big city
都市化
toshika
urbanization
都市化する
toshikasuru
to do urbanization
都市化した
toshikashita
plain past: did urbanization
都市化しない
toshikashinai
plain negative: does not do urbanization
都市化します
toshikashimasu
polite: do urbanization
Example sentences (3)
都合が悪いので、今回は出席できないかもしれません。
つごう が わるい ので、こんかい は しゅっせき できない かも しれません。
tsugou ga warui node, konkai wa shusseki dekinai kamo shiremasen.
It is a bad time for me, so I might not be able to attend this time.
京都でたくさん写真を撮りました。
きょうと で たくさん しゃしん を とりました。
kyouto de takusan shashin o torimashita.
I took many photos in Kyoto.
先週、京都へ旅行に行きました。
せんしゅう、きょうと へ りょこう に いきました。
senshuu, kyouto e ryokou ni ikimashita.
I went on a trip to Kyoto last week.