どの

Japanese
Alternative spelling
何の

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Adnominal

どの • (dono) 

  1. which .. ? (interrogative demonstrative); what .. ? (one out of the available choices)
    どの車(くるま)がいいか？
    Dono kuruma ga ii ka?
    Which car do you like?
Usage notes
  • The hiragana spelling (どの) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何の), which is rarely used.
See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
こっから (kokkara) そっから (sokkara) — どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こなた (konata) そなた (sonata) あなた (anata) どなた (donata)
Direction こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
Degree これくらい (korekurai) それくらい (sorekurai) あれくらい (arekurai) どれくらい (dorekurai)
これだけ (koredake) それだけ (soredake) あれだけ (aredake) どれだけ (doredake)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
The kanji 此(こ) (ko), 其(そ) (so), 彼(あ) (a), and 何(ど) (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of どの – see the following entry.
【殿】S
[suffix] Mr., Ms., a more formal title than さん (-san) but not so respectful as 様(さま) (-sama)
(This term, どの, is an alternative spelling of the above term.
For a list of all kanji read as どの, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as どの.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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