Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ど ‎(romaji do)

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

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

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 ‎(romaji do-)

1. super-

   どあほ

   do-aho

   dumbass

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     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　京都人 (きょうとじん)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 ‎(romaji do)

1. 度: degree, extent

Prefix

ど ‎(romaji 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 ‎(romaji -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 4-385-13905-9