導

See also: 导

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		導
simp.		导

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (首) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
道	*l'uːʔ
導	*duːs
首	*hljuʔ, *hljus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duːs) : phonetic 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “path”) + semantic 寸 (“hand”) – to lead someone.

Etymology

Cognate with 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “road”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 導

1. to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct

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Japanese

Kanji

導

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to direct, guide, lead, conduct

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: みちびく (michibiku, 導く, Jōyō); しるべ (shirube, 導)

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Korean

Hanja

導 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 導 (đạo)

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