漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
導: guidance, leading
Also: conduct, usher
JLPT N215 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
寸 carries the meaning · 道 gives the sound
15 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 主導権しゅどうけんhegemony, leadership, initiative
- 盲導犬もうどうけんseeing eye dog
- 半導体はんどうたいsemiconductor
- 導入するどうにゅうするintroduce, bring in
- 指導するしどうするlead, guide, coach
- 誘導するゆうどうするguide, lead, conduct
みちびくmichibiku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 導くみちびくlead, guide, show the way
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)道 path (sound) + 寸 hand (meaning)
To lead someone.
Source: Wiktionary, 導 (rev. 93860903), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Measure it out! Imagine a steady hand marking off a tiny distance with care.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 导 · traditional, as in Japanese · dǎo
Japan keeps the traditional form 導; mainland China simplifies it to 导.
- Simplified
- 导 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 導 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dǎo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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