What is the Kanji for "Follower" and "Junior"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Follower" and "Junior", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Follower" and "Junior" is "徒".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "To".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "彳" means "Stop" . And The kanji "走" means "Run" and can be read as "Sou" and "Hashi".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "徒" mean in japanese?

"徒" means "Follower" and "Junior".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

生徒: "Student". The Japanese noun '生徒 (せいと)' means 'student'. This word refers to a person who is enrolled in and attends an educational institution, such as a school, to receive instruction. It can be used to describe students at various levels of education, from elementary school to university. For example: The students went to the library - (生徒たちは図書館に行きました). I am a student at this school - (私はこの学校の生徒です).

徒: "Follower". The Japanese noun '徒 (と)' means 'follower'. This word is used to refer to a person who follows or attends to someone, such as a disciple, pupil, or adherent. It can also be used to describe someone who is devoted to a particular cause or movement. For example: The teacher's follower - (先生の徒). The follower of Buddha - (仏教の徒).

徒歩: "Walking". The noun '徒歩 (とほ)' means 'walking'. This term refers to the act of traveling on foot, without the use of any form of transportation such as a vehicle. It is commonly used to describe a mode of transportation or a way of getting from one place to another. For example: I prefer walking to the office - (私は徒歩で事務所に行くことを好みます). We can go there on foot - (そこまで徒歩で行くことができます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "と" is read as "to"

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.