都 means metropolis
capital, all, everything
A person's village grown huge: capital, metropolis.
On'yomi
- トto
- ツtsu
Kun'yomi
- みやこmiyako
How it's built
- 者someone
- ⻏town
Common words
- 都みやこcapital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government
- 都内とないwithin the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
- 首都しゅと(national) capital (city); metropolis
- 都立とりつmetropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government