導

See also 导

Translingual

simplified	导
traditional	導

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)

1. direct, guide, lead, conduct

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

導 (simplified 导, Yale dou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

導 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

導 (simplified 导, pinyin dǎo (dao3), Wade-Giles tao³)

Compounds

• 指導

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Vietnamese

Han character

導 (đạo)