道

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Measure word 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 辵 + 𩠐

way

[edit] Han character

道 (radical 162 辵+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿竹山 (YTHU), four-corner 3830₆, composition ⿺辶首)

1. path, road, street
2. method, way
3. say

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1262, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39010
• Dae Jaweon: page 1754, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3864, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9053

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tou˨/

[edit] Hanzi

道 (jyutping dou6, Yale dou6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

道 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: どう (dō), とう (tō)
• Kun: みち (michi), いう (iu), みちびく (michibiku)

[edit] Noun

道 (hiragana みち, romaji michi)

1. a way; a street; a road; an alley; a pass for local traffic
2. a way of doing something

[edit] Noun

道 (hiragana どう, romaji dō)

1. The Way: tao; Taoism
2. (chiefly historical) A region of Japan consisting of multiple provinces or prefectures. Feudal Japan was divided into several dō; the only remaining dō is Hokkaidō.

[edit] Compounds

• 合気道 (あいきどう, aikidō): aikido
• 道具 (どうぐ, dōgu): tool
• 道路 (どうろ, dōro)
• 道徳 (どうとく, dōtoku)
• 報道 (ほうどう, hōdō)
• 柔道 (じゅうどう, jūdō): judo
• 軌道 (きどう, kidō)
• 茶道 (さどう, sadō)
• 赤道 (せきどう, sekidō): equator
• 食道 (しょくどう, shokudō): oesophagus
• 水道 (すいどう, suidō)
• 鉄道 (てつどう, tetsudō): railway

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

道
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 도 (revised: do, McCune-Reischauer: to, Yale: to)

• Name (hangeul): 길()

[edit] Compounds

• 跆拳道 (태권도): taekwondo
• 傳道 (전도)
• 全道 (전도)
• 專用鐵道 (전용철도)
• 赤道 (적도)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

道 (pinyin dào (dao4), dǎo (dao3), Wade-Giles tao³, tao⁴)

1. way, path

[edit] Measure word

道 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dào)

1. one; a (measure word for dish, proclamation or rainbow)

   一道菜

   a dish of food

   一道公文

   a proclamation

   一道彩虹

   a rainbow

[edit] Compounds

• 知道
• 道路
• 道德

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

道 (POJ tō)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

道 (đạo, dạo, nhạo)