道
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
道 (radical 162, 辵+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿竹山 (YTHU), four-corner 38306, composition ⿺辶首)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1262, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39010
- Dae Jaweon: page 1754, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3864, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9053
ChineseEdit
simp. and trad. |
道 | |
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variant forms | 辺 second round simplified |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 道 | |||
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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) | |
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Old Chinese | |
道 | *l'uːʔ |
導 | *duːs |
首 | *hljuʔ, *hljus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'uːʔ): semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).
EtymologyEdit
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 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
道
- way; path; road
- 道路 ― dàolù ― road
- (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
- method; principle
- (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.
CompoundsEdit
Pronunciation 2Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 道 – see 導 (“to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”). (This character, 道, is an ancient form of 導.) |
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)←だう (dau, historical)
- Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō, uncommon)←たう (tau, historical)
- Kun: みち (michi, 道, Jōyō); ち (chi, 道); じ (ji, 道)←ぢ (di, historical)
- Nanori: さ (sa); じ (ji); ど (do); みつ (mitsu)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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道 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
/dau/ → /dɔː/ → /doː/
From Middle Chinese 道 (dhɑ̀u, “road; way”). Compare modern Mandarin 道 (dào), Cantonese 道 (dou6).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
道 (hiragana どう, rōmaji dō, historical hiragana だう)
- The Way: tao, 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.
Proper nounEdit
道 (hiragana どう, rōmaji Dō, historical hiragana だう)
- A surname.
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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道 |
ち Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.[3] May be cognate with Korean 길 (gil, “road”).
More often written as 路.
PronunciationEdit
Alternative formsEdit
SuffixEdit
- (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
- This usage has generally been replaced by -ji below.
Etymology 3Edit
Kanji in this term |
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道 |
じ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Derived as a sound shift from chi above.[3]
More often written as 路.
PronunciationEdit
Alternative formsEdit
SuffixEdit
道 (hiragana じ, rōmaji -ji, historical hiragana ぢ)
- 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 4Edit
Kanji in this term |
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道 |
みち Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Originally a compound of 御 (mi, honorific prefix) + 道 (chi, “road, street, way”).[3] The prefix mi was in reference to the 神 (kami, “god or spirit”) of roads.
PronunciationEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
- 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
- (figuratively) 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 notesEdit
This is the most common term for “road”, “street”, or “way” in modern Japanese.
Derived termsEdit
Proper nounEdit
- A female given name
- A surname.
Etymology 5Edit
Kanji in this term |
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道 |
Grade: 2 |
Irregular |
Used as ateji in various names.
Proper nounEdit
道 (hiragana おさむ, rōmaji Osamu, alternative reading すすむ, rōmaji Susumu, alternative reading ただし, rōmaji Tadashi, alternative reading ただす, rōmaji Tadasu, alternative reading なおし, rōmaji Naoshi, alternative reading まこと, rōmaji Makoto, alternative reading みちひろ, rōmaji Michihiro, alternative reading もとい, rōmaji Motoi, alternative reading わたる, rōmaji Wataru)
- A male given name
Proper nounEdit
道 (hiragana たお, rōmaji Tao, alternative reading とおる, rōmaji Tōru, alternative reading ふみ, rōmaji Fumi)
- A female given name
Proper nounEdit
道 (hiragana どうざき, rōmaji Dōzaki, alternative reading みちざき, rōmaji Michizaki)
- A surname.
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
道 • (do)
A road
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