導

See also: 导

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 道 (“path”) + 寸 (“hand”) – to lead someone by the hand.

Han character

導 (radical 41 寸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜山木戈 (YUDI), four-corner 3834₃, composition ⿱道寸)

References

• KangXi: page 296, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7463
• Dae Jaweon: page 586, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 512, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C0E

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Chinese

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trad.		導
simp.		导

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎo (dao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): thô
• Min Nan (POJ): thōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dao
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶
    • Yale: douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tʰo²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōa
    • Tâi-lô: thuā
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (導, reconstructed)
Character (導), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 徒到切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dɑuH/	/dʱɑuH/	/dɑuH/	/dɑuH/	/dawH/	/dɑuH/	/dɑuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (導, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
導								dǎo								‹ dawH ›								/*lˤuʔ-s/								to lead
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
導					11670					首					幽					1					導					/*duːs/

Definitions

導

1. to direct, guide, lead, conduct

Compounds

• 指導／指导

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Japanese

Kanji

導

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: どう (dō)
• Kun: みちびく (michibiku), みちびき (michibiki)

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Korean

Hanja

導 (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

導 (đạo)

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