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道


道 U+9053, 道
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9053
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Translingual edit

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Han character edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 道
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
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 *l'uːʔ) : semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).

Etymology edit

Possibly derived from 導 (OC *duːs, “to go along, to bring along, to conduct”):

  • > "to explain" > "to talk about", and
  • > "road, way".

Possibly cognate with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”) (White Hmong kev (“road”)). See also 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).

Pronunciation 1 edit

trad. 道
simp. # 道
2nd round simp. 辺
alternative forms
 
噵
衜
衟
𡬹
𨔞
噵
衜
衟
𡬹
𨔞
𨕐
𨕥
𨖁
𨗓

Note: “dàor” is used when as a lemma in senses a) “way, path, road” b) “thin line” c) “unit of measure which equals to 10 μm”.
Note:
  • dou3 - only used in 知道;
  • dou6-2 - only used in local pronunciation of 堅道 (“Caine Road”, Hong Kong).
Note: tō͘ - vernacular (俗).
Note:
  • dau5 - vernacular;
  • dau4 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 道
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 定 (7)
    Final (韻) 豪 (89)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 徒晧切
    Baxter dawX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/dɑuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/dɑuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɑuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/dawX/
    Li
    Rong         		/dɑuX/
    Wang
    Li         		/dɑuX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱɑuX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		dào
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		dou6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 道
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dào
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ dawX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/
    English way

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 道
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11669
    Phonetic
    component         		首
    Rime
    group         		幽
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		道
    Old
    Chinese         		/*l'uːʔ/

    Definitions edit

    道

    1. way; path; road
      道路  ―  dàolù  ―  road
    2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
      1. a Korean province
        京畿道  ―  jīngjīdào  ―  Gyeonggi province
    3. (rail transport) track
      上道作業／上道作业  ―  shàng dào zuòyè  ―  maintenance on rail tracks
      1道通過／1道通过  ―  1 dào tōngguò  ―  passing on track 1
    4. method; principle
    5. (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages
    6. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
    7. (Christianity) Logos; the Word
      道成肉身  ―  Dào chéng ròushēn  ―  the Word became flesh; incarnation
    8. Short for 道教 (Dàojiào, “Taoism”).
    9. Short for 道士 (dàoshì, “Taoist priest”).
    10. (religion) doctrine; teachings
      傳道／传道  ―  chuándào  ―  to preach
    11. (Christianity) sermon (Classifier: 堂 m c)
      講道／讲道  ―  jiǎngdào  ―  to preach a sermon
    12. (literary) to say; to utter
      能說會道／能说会道  ―  néngshuōhuìdào  ―  can talk really well (idiom)
    13. Classifier for long things.
      一道閃電／一道闪电  ―  yī dào shǎndiàn  ―  a bolt of lightning
      一道河  ―  yī dào hé  ―  a river
      一道縫／一道缝  ―  yī dào féng  ―  a crack
      一道彩虹  ―  yī dào cǎihóng  ―  a rainbow
    14. Classifier for barriers.
      一道籬笆／一道篱笆  ―  yī dào líbā  ―  a fence
    15. Classifier for courses in a meal: dish
      一道菜  ―  yī dào cài  ―  a dish of food
    16. Classifier for questions (in an exam), orders or proclamations.
      一道公文  ―  yī dào gōngwén  ―  a proclamation
      一道命令  ―  yī dào mìnglìng  ―  an order
    17. a surname
    Synonyms edit
    Dialectal synonyms of 路 (“road; path”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 路, 道路
    Mandarin Beijing 道兒, 路
    Taiwan 路
    Tianjin 路, 道
    Tangshan 路
    Cangzhou 路
    Baoding 路, 道兒
    Shijiazhuang 路
    Chifeng 路
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 路
    Harbin 路, 道兒
    Shenyang 路
    Yantai (Muping) 道
    Qingdao 路, 道兒
    Weifang (Weicheng) 路
    Weifang (Fangzi) 路
    Weifang (Hanting) 道兒, 道路兒
    Changyi 道兒
    Gaomi 道兒, 路
    Zhucheng 路
    Anqiu 路
    Changle 道兒
    Linqu 道兒
    Qingzhou 道兒
    Shouguang 道兒
    Wulian 路
    Jinan 道, 路
    Luoyang 路
    Wanrong 路
    Zhengzhou 路
    Xi'an 路
    Yinchuan 路
    Lanzhou 路
    Xining 路
    Ürümqi 路
    Yanqi 路
    Wuhan 路
    Chengdu 路
    Chongqing 路
    Guiyang 路
    Kunming 路
    Guilin 路
    Pingle 路
    Liuzhou 路
    Luzhai 路
    Nanning (Wuming) 路
    Binyang (Nanjie) 路
    Yizhou 路, 半邊路
    Luocheng (Dongmen) 路
    Tianlin (Langping) 路
    Xuzhou 路
    Yangzhou 路
    Nanjing 路
    Hefei 路
    Nantong 路
    Singapore 路
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 路
    Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 路
    Cantonese Guangzhou 路
    Hong Kong 路
    Taishan 路
    Taishan (Guanghai) 路
    Dongguan 路
    Yunfu 路
    Yangjiang 路
    Maoming (Xinpo) 路
    Nanning 路
    Wuzhou 路
    Yulin 路
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 路
    Hepu (Shatian) 路
    Guiping (Jintian) 路
    Guiping (Jiangkou) 路
    Guiping (Madong) 路
    Baise 路
    Qinzhou 路
    Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 路
    Beihai 路
    Beihai (Nankang) 路
    Beihai (Yingpan) 路
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 路
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 路
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 路
    Chongzuo (Laituan) 路
    Fusui (Qujiu) 路
    Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 路
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 路
    Singapore (Guangfu) 路
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 路
    Móng Cái 路
    Mandalay (Taishan) 路
    Gan Nanchang 路
    Pengze 路
    Lichuan 路
    Pingxiang 路
    Hakka Meixian 路
    Yudu 路
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 路
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 路
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 路
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 路
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 路
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 路
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 路
    Bobai (Shahe) 路
    Bobai (Longtan) 路
    Bobai (Lingping) 路
    Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) 路
    Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) 路
    Senai (Huiyang) 路
    Singkawang 路
    Huizhou Jixi 路
    Shexian 路
    Jin Taiyuan 道兒, 路, 路兒
    Datong 路, 道兒
    Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 路
    Xinzhou 道, 路
    Changzhi 路
    Linhe 路
    Jining 路
    Hohhot 路
    Zhangjiakou 路
    Handan 路
    Northern Min Jian'ou 墿
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 墿
    Songxi 墿
    Zhenghe 墿
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 墿
    Jianyang 墿
    Wuyishan 墿
    Pucheng (Shibei) 路
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 墿
    Changle 墿
    Lianjiang 墿
    Fuqing 墿
    Yongtai 墿
    Minqing 墿
    Gutian 墿
    Luoyuan 墿
    Fu'an 墿
    Ningde 墿
    Shouning 墿
    Zhouning 墿
    Fuding 墿
    Matsu 墿
    Southern Min Xiamen 路
    Quanzhou 路
    Yongchun 路
    Zhangzhou 路
    Zhao'an 路
    Tainan 路
    Singapore (Hokkien) 路
    Manila (Hokkien) 路
    Longyan 路
    Datian 路
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 路
    Pingnan (Pingtian) 路
    Guiping (Xiaowen) 路
    Guiping (Dongsheng) 路
    Guilin (Biyange) 路
    Chaozhou 路
    Bangkok (Teochew) 路
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 路
    Singapore (Teochew) 路
    Leizhou 路
    Haikou 路
    Puxian Min Putian 墿
    Putian (Donghai) 墿
    Putian (Jiangkou) 墿
    Putian (Nanri) 墿
    Xianyou 墿
    Xianyou (Fengting) 墿
    Xianyou (Youyang) 墿
    Central Min Yong'an 墿
    Shaxian 墿
    Yanping (Wangtai) 墿
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 路
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 路
    Guilin (Dabu) 路
    Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) 路
    Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui) 路
    Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) 路
    Lingchuan (Sanjie) 路
    Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 路
    Shehua Fu'an 路
    Fuding 路
    Luoyuan 路
    Sanming 路
    Shunchang 路
    Hua'an 路
    Guixi (Zhangping) 路
    Cangnan 路
    Jingning 路
    Lishui 路
    Longyou 路
    Chaozhou 路
    Fengshun 路
    Wu Shanghai 路
    Shanghai (Chongming) 路
    Suzhou 路
    Danyang 路
    Hangzhou 路
    Ningbo 路
    Wenzhou 路
    Jinhua 路
    Yiwu 路
    Xiang Changsha 路
    Loudi 路
    Shuangfeng 路
    Quanzhou 路
    Dialectal synonyms of 說 (“to say, to speak”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 言, 云, 曰, 道
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說, 道 literary
    Mandarin Beijing 說
    Taiwan 說, 講
    Tianjin 說
    Qingdao 說, 講
    Jinan 說
    Xi'an 說
    Wuhan 說
    Chengdu 說
    Guilin 講
    Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 講
    Hefei 講
    Malaysia 說, 講
    Singapore 說, 講
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 說
    Pematangsiantar 講
    Cantonese Guangzhou 講, 話
    Hong Kong 講, 話
    Macau 講, 話
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 講, 話
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 講
    Taishan 話
    Taishan (Guanghai) 講
    Yunfu 話
    Yangjiang 講, 話
    Beihai 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 講
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 講
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 講
    Danzhou 講
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Penang (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Singapore (Guangfu) 講, 話
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 講
    Móng Cái 講
    Mandalay (Taishan) 講
    Gan Nanchang 話
    Hakka Meixian 講, 話
    Wuhua (Meilin) 講
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 講
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 講
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 講
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 講
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 講
    Hong Kong 講
    Kuching (Hepo) 講
    Singapore (Dabu) 講
    Huizhou Jixi 講
    Jin Taiyuan 說
    Northern Min Jian'ou 話
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 講
    Fuqing 講
    Singapore (Fuqing) 講
    Southern Min Xiamen 講
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 講
    Quanzhou 說
    Jinjiang 說
    Shishi 說, 講
    Zhangzhou 講
    Zhao'an 呾, 講
    Dongshan 講
    Taipei 講
    Kaohsiung 講
    Tainan 講
    Penang (Hokkien) 講
    Singapore (Hokkien) 講
    Manila (Hokkien) 說, 講
    Chaozhou 呾
    Raoping 呾
    Shantou 呾
    Shantou (Chenghai) 呾
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 呾
    Jieyang 呾
    Lufeng 講
    Haifeng 講
    Bangkok (Teochew) 呾
    Phnom Penh (Teochew) 呾
    Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 呾
    Singapore (Teochew) 呾
    Pontianak (Teochew) 呾
    Leizhou 講
    Wenchang 講
    Haikou 講
    Qionghai 講
    Singapore (Hainanese) 講
    Puxian Min Putian 講
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 講
    Southern Pinghua Binyang 講, 說
    Wu Shanghai 講
    Shanghai (Chongming) 話
    Suzhou 講, 說
    Hangzhou 說, 話, 講
    Hangzhou (Yuhang) 講, 話
    Ningbo 講, 話
    Wenzhou 講
    Xiang Changsha 講
    Xiangtan 講
    Xiangxiang 講
    Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) 講
    Shuangfeng 曰, 講
    Dialectal synonyms of 座 (“(classifier for bridges)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 座
    Mandarin Beijing 座
    Taiwan 座
    Tianjin 座
    Chengde 座
    Tangshan 座
    Cangzhou 座
    Baoding 座
    Shijiazhuang 座
    Chifeng 座
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 座
    Heihe 座
    Qiqihar 座
    Harbin 座
    Jiamusi 座
    Baicheng 座
    Changchun 座
    Tonghua 座
    Shenyang 座
    Dandong 座
    Jinzhou 座
    Dalian 座
    Yantai 座
    Qingdao 座
    Lijin 座
    Zhucheng 座
    Jinan 座
    Jining 座
    Shangqiu 座
    Yuanyang 座
    Zhengzhou 座
    Lingbao 座
    Xinyang 座
    Baihe 座
    Hanzhong 座
    Xi'an 座, 個, 架
    Baoji 座
    Yinchuan 座
    Tianshui 座
    Lanzhou 座
    Dunhuang 座
    Xining 座
    Hami 座
    Ürümqi 座
    Wuhan 道, 座
    Yichang 座
    Xiangyang 座
    Tianmen 座
    Hong'an 座
    Chengdu 道, 座, 架
    Nanchong 座
    Dazhou 座
    Hanyuan 座
    Xichang 座
    Zigong 座
    Chongqing 座
    Guiyang 座
    Zunyi 座
    Bijie 座
    Liping 架
    Zhaotong 座
    Dali 座
    Kunming 座
    Mengzi 座
    Guilin 座
    Liuzhou 座
    Jishou 座
    Changde 座
    Anqing 座
    Xuzhou 座
    Fuyang 座
    Wuhu 座
    Yangzhou 道, 座
    Lianyungang 座
    Lianshui 座
    Nanjing 座
    Hefei 道, 座
    Nantong 座
    Singapore 座
    Cantonese Guangzhou 度, 戙
    Hong Kong 條, 座
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 度
    Macau 座
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 度, 戙
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 度
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 戙
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 度
    Foshan 戙
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 戙
    Foshan (Sanshui) 戙
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 戙
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 度
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 度
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 度
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 戙
    Taishan 對
    Kaiping (Chikan) 度
    Enping (Niujiang) 獨
    Heshan (Yayao) 度
    Dongguan 度
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 度
    Yangjiang 度
    Gan Nanchang 道
    Hakka Meixian 座
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 度
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 度
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 度
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 度
    Conghua (Lütian) 條
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 條, 板
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 條, 板
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 板
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 條, 板
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 條, 板
    Huizhou Shexian 乘
    Jin Taiyuan 座
    Yangyuan 座
    Datong 座
    Xinzhou 座
    Lishi 座
    Changzhi 座
    Linhe 座
    Jining 座
    Hohhot 座
    Erenhot 座
    Pingshan 座
    Zhangjiakou 座
    Handan 座
    Linzhou 座
    Suide 座
    Northern Min Jian'ou 座
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 條
    Southern Min Xiamen 座
    Taipei (Wanhua) 板
    Kaohsiung 座
    Yilan 條
    Changhua (Lukang) 板
    Taichung 板
    Taichung (Wuqi) 板
    Tainan 條
    Taitung 條
    Hsinchu 條
    Penghu (Magong) 逝
    Manila (Hokkien) 條, 座
    Chaozhou 條
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 條
    Wu Suzhou 頂
    Wenzhou 爿, 條
    Xiang Changsha 座, 隻
    Shuangfeng 條, 座
    Dialectal synonyms of 扇 (“(classifier for doors)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 扇, 道
    Mandarin Beijing 扇兒
    Taiwan 扇
    Yantai (Muping) 扇, 道
    Jinan 扇
    Luoyang 扇
    Xi'an 扇兒, 扇, 道
    Yinchuan 扇
    Xining 扇, 道
    Ürümqi 道
    Wuhan 扇, 道
    Chengdu 扇, 道
    Guiyang 扇
    Guilin 扇
    Liuzhou 扇, 道
    Xuzhou 扇兒, 扇, 道
    Yangzhou 扇
    Nanjing 扇
    Hefei 扇
    Singapore 扇
    Cantonese Guangzhou 度
    Hong Kong 度
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 隻
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 度
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 隻
    Taishan 度
    Dongguan 度
    Yangjiang 扇
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 扇
    Gan Nanchang 扇
    Pingxiang 扇
    Hakka Meixian 扇, 皮
    Yudu 扇
    Hong Kong 隻
    Senai (Huiyang) 扇
    Jin Taiyuan 扇, 道
    Xinzhou 扇
    Northern Min Jian'ou 扇
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 扇
    Southern Min Xiamen 扇
    Quanzhou 扇
    Zhangzhou 扇
    Taipei (Wanhua) 扇
    Kaohsiung 片
    Yilan 扇
    Changhua (Lukang) 扇
    Taichung 片
    Taichung (Wuqi) 扇
    Tainan 片, 扇
    Taitung 片
    Hsinchu 片
    Penghu (Magong) 扇
    Chaozhou 片
    Jieyang 片
    Bangkok (Teochew) 片
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 扇
    Singapore (Teochew) 片
    Leizhou 奇
    Haikou 片
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 扇
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 扇
    Wu Shanghai 扇
    Suzhou 扇
    Ningbo 扇
    Wenzhou 爿
    Xiang Changsha 扇, 張, 隻
    Shuangfeng 扇

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    Sino-Xenic (道):
    • → Japanese: 道(どう) (dō)
    • → Korean: 도(道) (do)
    • → Vietnamese: đạo (道)

    Pronunciation 2 edit

    trad. 道
    simp. # 道

    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 道
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dǎo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ dawH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lˁuʔ-s/
    English show the way

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

    Definitions edit

    道

    1. † Alternative form of 導／导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai 道
    Kyūjitai
    [1][2]
    道󠄁
    道+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    道󠄃
    道+&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji edit

    道

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. road; way

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    道
    どう
    Grade: 2
    goon

    /dau/ → /dɔː/ → /doː/ (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “old kana ダウ is 慣用音, and ドウ is 呉音. In modern kana, both are ドウ; see 大漢和辞典、漢和大辭書、etc”)

    From Middle Chinese 道 (MC dawX). Compare modern Mandarin 道 (dào), Cantonese 道 (dou6).

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    道(どう) • (dō) ←だう (dau)?

    1. Tao (the way of nature), 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. (Often translated as circuit.)

    Proper noun edit

    道(どう) • (Dō) ←だう (dau)?

    1. a surname

    Prefix edit

    道(どう) • (dō-) ←だう (dau)?

    1. Short for 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō)
      道(どう)央(お)自動車道(じどうしゃどう)
      Dō O jidōshadō
      Dō-Ō Expressway (literally "Central Hokkaido Expressway")

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    道
    ち
    Grade: 2
    irregular
    For pronunciation and definitions of 道 – see the following entry.
    【路ち】3
    [suffix] (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
    (This term, 道, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    道
    じ
    Grade: 2
    irregular
    For pronunciation and definitions of 道 – see the following entry.
    【路じ】3
    [suffix] a road, a street
    [suffix] attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
    [suffix] attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time
    (This term, 道, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 4 edit

    Kanji in this term
    道
    みち
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spellings
    路 (uncommon)
    途 (rare)
    径 (rare)

    From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *miti.

    Originally a compound of 御 (mi, honorific prefix) +‎ 路 (chi, “road, street, way”).[5] The prefix mi was in reference to the 神 (kami, “god, spirit”) of roads. Perhaps also cognate with *miti, a potentially road-related element found in Old Korean toponyms.[6]

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    道(みち) • (michi) 

    1. a way, a street, a road, an alley, a path, a pass for local traffic
      道(みち)を歩(ある)く
      michi o aruku
      to walk down a road
    2. (figurative) a road, a path
      勝(しょう)利(り)への道(みち)
      shōri e no michi
      the path to victory
    3. a way of doing something
      使(つか)い道(みち)がわからないもの
      tsukaimichi ga wakaranai mono
      something whose method of usage is not known
    Usage notes edit

    This is the most common term for “road”, “street”, or “way” in modern Japanese.

    Derived terms edit
    Derived terms

    Proper noun edit

    道(みち) • (Michi) 

    1. a female given name
    2. a surname

    Etymology 5 edit

    Kanji in this term
    道
    Grade: 2
    irregular

    Used as ateji in various names.

    Proper noun edit

    道(おさむ) or 道(すすむ) or 道(ただし) or 道(ただす) or 道(なおし) or 道(まこと) or 道(みちひろ) or 道(もとい) or 道(わたる) • (Osamu or Susumu or Tadashi or Tadasu or Naoshi or Makoto or Michihiro or Motoi or Wataru) 

    1. a male given name

    Proper noun edit

    道(たお) or 道(とおる) or 道(ふみ) • (Tao or Tōru or Fumi) 

    1. a female given name

    References edit

    1. ^ “道”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2120 (paper), page 1112 (digital)
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    5. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    6. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎[2], volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese 道 (MC dawX).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 또ᇢ〯 (Yale: ttwǒw)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[4] 길〮 (Yale: kíl) 도〯 (Yale: twǒ)

    Pronunciation edit

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [도(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    道 (eumhun 길 도 (gil do))

    1. Hanja form? of 도 (“principle, reason; moral”). [noun]
    2. Hanja form? of 도 (“province”). [noun]
    3. Hanja form? of 도 (“road; path”). [affix]

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [5]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    道: Hán Việt readings: đạo (杜(đỗ)皓(hạo)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5], dạo[4]
    道: Nôm readings: dạo[1][2][3][6][4][5][7], đạo[1][2][3][4][7], đảo[2], nhạo[3]

    1. chữ Hán form of đạo (“code of conduct; religion”).
    2. Nôm form of dạo (“to walk; to stroll”).

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    References edit

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Trần (2004).
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bonet (1899).
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Génibrel (1898).
    6. ^ Hồ (1976).
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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