道
Translingual
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Han character
道 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜廿竹山 (YTHU), four-corner 38306, composition ⿺辶首)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1262, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39010
- Dae Jaweon: page 1754, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3864, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9053
Chinese
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Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'uːʔ) : semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).
Etymology
Possibly derived from 導 (OC *duːs, “to go along, to bring along, to conduct”):
- > "to explain" > "to talk about", and
- > "road, way".
Cognate with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”) (White Hmong kev (“road”)). See also 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).
Pronunciation 1
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Definitions
- way; path; road
- 道路 ― dàolù ― road
- (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
- method; principle
- (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages
- (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
- (Christianity) Logos; the Word
- Short for 道教 (Dàojiào, “Taoism”).
- Short for 道士 (dàoshì, “Taoist priest”).
- (religion) doctrine; teachings
- to say; to utter
- Classifier for long things.
- Classifier for barriers.
- Classifier for courses in a meal: dish
- Classifier for questions (in an exam), orders or proclamations.
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎo
- Wade–Giles: tao3
- Yale: dǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dao
- Palladius: дао (dao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- (literary) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 導/导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”).
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Go-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)←だう (dau, historical)
- Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō †)←たう (tau, historical)
- Kun: みち (michi, 道, Jōyō); ち (chi, 道); じ (ji, 道)←ぢ (di, 道, historical)
- Nanori: さ (sa); じ (ji); ど (do); みつ (mitsu)
Compounds
- 合気道 (aikidō, “aikido”)
- 道具 (dōgu, “tool”)
- 道路 (dōro, “road”)
- 道徳 (dōtoku, “ethics”)
- 報道 (hōdō, “broadcast”)
- 柔道 (jūdō, “judo”)
- 軌道 (kidō, “orbit”)
- 赤道 (sekidō, “equator”)
- 食道 (shokudō, “oesophagus”)
- 水道 (suidō, “water supply”)
- 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”)
- 道教 (dōkyō, “Taoism”)
- 道理 (dōri, “rational”)
- 道州制 (dōshūsei, “wide-area administration”)
- 書道 (shodō, “calligraphy”)
- 武道 (budō, “budo”)
- 跆拳道 (taikendō, “taekwondo”)
- 空手道 (karatedō, “karate”)
- 茶道 (sadō, “tea ceremony”)
- 華道 (kadō, “flower arrangement”)
- 花道 (kadō, “flower arrangement”)
Etymology 1
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道 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
/dau/ → /dɔː/ → /doː/
From Middle Chinese 道 (MC dawX). Compare modern Mandarin 道 (dào), Cantonese 道 (dou6).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- Tao (the way of nature); Taoism
- (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. (Often translated as circuit.)
Proper noun
- a surname
Etymology 2
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道 |
ち Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese.[1] May be cognate with Korean 길 (gil, “road”).
More often written as 路.
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Suffix
- (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
- This usage has generally been replaced by -ji below.
Etymology 3
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道 |
じ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Derived as a sound shift from chi above.[1]
More often written as 路.
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Suffix
- a road, a street
- 山道、長道
- yama-ji, naga-ji
- a mountain road, a long road
- 山道、長道
- attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
- 奈良道
- Nara-ji
- Road to Nara
- 奈良道
- attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time
- 四日道
- yokka-ji
- a trip of four days, a four-day-long trip
- 四日道
Etymology 4
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道 |
みち Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Originally a compound of 御 (mi, honorific prefix) + 道 (chi, “road, street, way”).[1] The prefix mi was in reference to the 神 (kami, “god or spirit”) of roads.
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
- a way, a street, a road, an alley, a path, a pass for local traffic
- 道を歩く
- michi o aruku
- to walk down a road
- 道を歩く
- (figurative) a road, a path
- 勝利への道
- shōri e no michi
- the path to victory
- 勝利への道
- a way of doing something
- 使い道がわからないもの
- tsukaimichi ga wakaranai mono
- something whose method of usage is not known
- 使い道がわからないもの
Usage notes
This is the most common term for “road”, “street”, or “way” in modern Japanese.
Derived terms
Proper noun
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 5
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道 |
Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Used as ateji in various names.
Proper noun
道 or 道 or 道 or 道 or 道 or 道 or 道 or 道 or 道 • (Osamu or Susumu or Tadashi or Tadasu or Naoshi or Makoto or Michihiro or Motoi or Wataru)
- a male given name
Proper noun
道 or 道 or 道 • (Tao or Tōru or Fumi)
- a female given name
Proper noun
道 or 道 • (Dōzaki or Michizaki)
- a surname
References
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
- 도덕 (道德, dodeok)
- 도교 (道敎, dogyo)
- 도장 (道場, dojang)
- 도리 (道理, dori)
- 도로 (道路, doro)
- 보도 (報道, bodo)
- 철도 (鐵道, cheoldo)
- 강원도 (江原道, gang'wondo)
- 국도 (國道, gukdo)
- 인도 (人道, indo)
- 적도 (赤道, jeokdo, “equator”)
- 절권도 (截拳道, jeolgwondo, “Jeet Kune Do”)
- 전도 (傳道, jeondo)
- 전도 (全道, jeondo)
- 신도 (神道, sindo)
- 태권도 (跆拳道, taegwondo, “taekwondo”)
- 유도 (柔道, yudo, “judo”)
Vietnamese
Han character
道: Hán Việt readings: đạo (
道: Nôm readings: dạo[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], đạo[1][2][3][4][7], đảo[2], nhạo[3]
Compounds
References
- Translingual lemmas
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- Han script characters
- Han phono-semantic compounds
- Chinese lemmas
- Chinese hanzi
- Mandarin terms with usage examples
- Chinese terms with historical senses
- zh:Buddhism
- zh:Philosophy
- zh:Taoism
- zh:Christianity
- Chinese short forms
- zh:Religion
- Mandarin lemmas
- Mandarin hanzi
- Chinese verbs
- Mandarin verbs
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 道
- Chinese literary terms
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- Beginning Mandarin
- Elementary Mandarin
- zh:Administrative divisions
- Japanese kanji
- Japanese second grade kanji
- Japanese kyōiku kanji
- Japanese jōyō kanji
- Japanese kanji with goon reading どう
- Japanese kanji with historical goon reading だう
- Japanese kanji with kan'on reading とう
- Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading たう
- Japanese kanji with kun reading みち
- Japanese kanji with kun reading ち
- Japanese kanji with kun reading じ
- Japanese kanji with historical kun reading ぢ
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading さ
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading じ
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading ど
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading みつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as どう
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese single-kanji terms
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- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese surnames
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as ち
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese suffixes
- Japanese terms with obsolete senses
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as じ
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ぢ
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese terms spelled with 道 read as みち
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese given names
- Japanese female given names
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese male given names
- Japanese basic words
- Korean lemmas
- Korean hanja
- Korean hanja forms
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- Vietnamese Nom