ど

See also: と

ど U+3069, ど
HIRAGANA LETTER DO
Composition:と [U+3068] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← と
[U+3068] 		Hiragana な →
[U+306A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [do̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character と (to) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ど (romaji do)

  1. The hiragana syllable ど (do). Its equivalent in katakana is ド (do).
See also

Etymology 2

Appears to be a relatively recent innovation. In mainstream Japanese, this prefix is used as an intensifier. In the Kansai region, the meaning has further developed to convey more negative overtones.[1][2]

The ultimate derivation is unclear. This may be an extension of the noun 度 (do, “degree, extent”).

Prefix

ど (rōmaji do-)

  1. super-
    どあほ
    do-aho
    dumbass
    • 2015, 谷川ニコ, 『私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い！』喪79, ガンガンONLINE:
      八 (や)ツ橋 (はし)のやわらかさは小学生 (しょうがくせい)のおっぱいと同 (おな)じ…　まじかよ　京 (きょう)都 (と)人 (じん)ってど変態 (へんたい)だな…
      Yatsuhashi no yawarakasa wa shōgakusei no oppai to onaji… maji ka yo Kyōto-jin tte do-hentai da na…
      Yatsuhashi are as soft as the tits of an elementary schooler… You serious? Kyoto must be seriously perverted…

Etymology 3

Reading of various kanji characters.

Noun

ど (rōmaji do)

  1. 度: degree, extent
  2. 努: the third of the Eight Principles of Yong

Prefix

ど (rōmaji do-)

  1. 何: indeterminate prefix, used to form question words such as 何れ (dore, “which”, literally “which one”) or 何処 (doko, “where”, literally “what place”)

Suffix

ど (rōmaji -do)

  1. 度: (geometry) degree of an angle; degree in temperature; number of times; percentage of alcohol concentration

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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