# ど — hiragana “do”

ど is the hiragana character for the sound “do”. It is written with 4 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ド.

- Reading: do
- Strokes: 4
- Katakana: ド

## How ど sounds

ど is と with dakuten (゛): to becomes do.

## Words with ど

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| どこ | doko | where |
| どう | dou | how |
| どんな | donna | what kind of |
| どりょく | doryoku | effort |
| どちら | dochira | which way |
| どうぶつ | doubutsu | animal |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/do/. Last updated 2026-11-01.