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道
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

way

HSK 2 N4
Abstract →Qualities
dào
ドウ、トウ
みち、いう
도
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 首 represents the sound.
Components
辶 walk+ 首 heads =
道 way
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
辶 is a component form of 辵.
首 Phonetic component
shǒu heads
head
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Notes
Similar Characters
巡 patrol暹 rise边 margin (simp)辽 distant (iii) (simp)达 arrive (simp)迁 shift (simp)迂 doctrinaire迄 so far迅 speedy过 through (simp)迈 take a big stride (simp)迎 greet运 luck (simp)近 near迓 to go to meet返 go back迕 obstinate (iii)还 yet (simp)这 here (simp)进 make (simp)
Historical Evolution
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道
Regular
Modern
Chinese
道 [dào]
road; path; CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
Japanese
道 、 途 、 路 、 径 みち 同音

noun

  1. road; path; street; lane; passage
  2. route; way
  3. distance; journey
  4. road (e.g. to victory); course
  5. way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
  6. teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
  7. field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
  8. means; way; method
道 どう 同音

noun

  1. abbrev. road; path; street; route
  2. way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself
  3. abbrev. moral education (in Japanese schools)
  4. Buddhist teachings
  5. Taoism
  6. administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
  7. historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
  8. province (administrative region of Korea)
  9. circuit (administrative region of China)
  10. historical province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
道は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。
The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
人生は重い荷を背負って遠い道を行くようなものだ。
One's life is like going far with a burden on one's back.
Japanese Names
道 おさむ
Osamu given name
道 すすむ
Susumu unclassified name
道 たお
Tao female given name
道 ただし
Tadashi given name
道 ただす
Tadasu given name
道 とおる
Tooru female given name
道 どう
Dō surname
道 どうざき
Dōzaki surname
道 なおし
Naoshi given name
道 ふみ
Fumi female given name
道 まこと
Makoto given name
道 みち
Michi female given namesurname
道 みちざき
Michizaki surname
道 みちひろ
Michihiro unclassified name
道 もとい
Motoi given name
道 わたる
Wataru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
知道 [zhī​dào] #23
to know
报道 [bào​dào] #1,443
to report (news)
报道 [bào​dào] #1,443
to report (news)
难道 [nán​dào] #569
don't tell me ...
难道 [nán​dào] #569
don't tell me ...
说道 [shuō​dào] #11,055
to state
说道 [shuō​dào] #11,055
to state
道路 [dào​lù] #3,423
road
味道 [wèi​dao] #1,153
flavor
道德 [dào​dé] #2,903
virtue
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 道 [みち] #352
road
⭐ 道具 [どうぐ] #1,808
tool
⭐ 酷い [ひどい] #3,127
cruel
⭐ 道路 [どうろ] #4,408
road
⭐ 道理 [どうり] #4,843
reason
⭐ 帰り道 [かえりみち] #5,345
the way back
道中 [どうちゅう] #5,535
journey
⭐ 軌道 [きどう] #5,672
orbit
⭐ 報道 [ほうどう] #7,227
report (of news)
⭐ 北海道 [ほっかいどう] #7,469
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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KOREAN WORDS (84)
수도 #145
water supply; waterworks
정도 #802
right way
가도 #1,464
street; road
적도 #1,710
equator
인도 #5,800
human duty; human obligation
차도 #7,291
road
도리 #8,614
obligation; duty
식도 #9,723
gullet; esophagus
철도 #13,155
rail; railroad
도장 #13,737
training hall; drill hall
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