Today’s #kanji is 倒, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん（亻）, which suggests a connection with a person. Its phonetic element is 到.
Meaning: to fall over, to defeat
Reading: トウ（ドウ）、たお（だお）
倒壊（トウカイ）する: to collapse, to be destroyed, to crumble (to the ground)
倒産（トウサン）する: to go bankrupt, to go bust
倒置（トウチ）法（ホウ）: 【grammar】 inversion, anastrophe
圧倒（アットウ）する: to overwhelm, to overpower, to overcome
傾倒（ケイトウ）する: to devote oneself to…, to set one’s mind on…, to adore…
転倒（テントウ）する: to fall down, to have a fall, to turn over, to tumble
面倒（メンドウ）な: troublesome; difficult, hard, annoying
倒（たお）す: vt. to bring down, to fell; to defeat, to beat; to overthrow, to overturn
倒（たお）れる: vi. to fall, to come down, to drop; to collapse, to break down; to die, to perish
共（とも）倒（だお）れ: failing together, common ruin, mutual collapse, joint bankruptcy
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- にんべん
