道

道 (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)

• 𠿱, 𣿪, 檤, 𥽌, 𧒴, 𬧖, 𨭪, 𠁛, 𡚑, 噵, 導, 𣜦, 𨗳, 䆃, 㘏

Wikidata

• 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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'uːʔ) : semantic 辵 (“walking”) + phonetic 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).

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).

道

1. way; path; road

   道路  ―  dàolù  ―  road

2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
3. method; principle
4. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
5. (Christianity) Logos; the Word
6. Short for 道教 (Dàojiào, “Taoism”).
7. Short for 道士 (dàoshì, “Taoist priest”).
8. (religion) doctrine; teachings

   傳道 / 传道  ―  chuándào  ―  to preach

9. to say; to utter

   能說會道 / 能说会道  ―  néngshuōhuìdào  ―  can talk really well [idiom]

10. Classifier for long things.

    一道閃電 / 一道闪电  ―  yīdào shǎndiàn  ―  a bolt of lightning

    一道河  ―  yīdào hé  ―  a river

    一道縫 / 一道缝  ―  yīdào féng  ―  a crack

    一道彩虹  ―  yī dào cǎihóng  ―  a rainbow

11. Classifier for barriers.

    一道籬笆 / 一道篱笆  ―  yī dào líbā  ―  a fence

12. Classifier for courses in a meal: dish

    一道菜  ―  yī dào cài  ―  a dish of food

13. 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

道

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

   • 其諫我也似子，其道我也似父，是以歎也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其谏我也似子，其道我也似父，是以叹也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Qí jiàn wǒ yě sì zǐ, qí dǎo wǒ yě sì fù, shì yǐ tàn yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. road; way

• 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)

/dau/ → /dɔː/ → /doː/

From Middle Chinese 道 (MC dɑu^X). Compare modern Mandarin 道 (dào), Cantonese 道 (dou⁶).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ど​ー [dóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ː]

道 (hiragana どう, rōmaji dō, historical hiragana だう)

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.

道 (hiragana どう, rōmaji Dō, historical hiragana だう)

1. A surname​.

From Old Japanese.[3] May be cognate with Korean 길 (gil, “road”).

More often written as 路.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

• 路

道 (hiragana ち, rōmaji -chi)

1. (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place

   This usage has generally been replaced by -ji below.

Derived as a sound shift from chi above.[3]

More often written as 路.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑi]

• 路

道 (hiragana じ, rōmaji -ji, historical hiragana ぢ)

1. a road, a street

   山 (やま)道 (じ)、長 (なが)道 (じ)

   yama-ji, naga-ji

   a mountain road, a long road

2. attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place

   奈 (な)良 (ら)道 (じ)

   Nara-ji

   Road to Nara

3. attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time

   四 (よっ)日 (か)道 (じ)

   yokka-ji

   a trip of four days, a four-day-long trip

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.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みち [mìchí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲit͡ɕi]

• 路, 途, 径

道 (hiragana みち, rōmaji 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. (figuratively) 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

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

道 (hiragana みち, rōmaji Michi)

1. A female given name
2. A surname​.

Used as ateji in various names.

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)

1. A male given name

道 (hiragana たお, rōmaji Tao, alternative reading とおる, rōmaji Tōru, alternative reading ふみ, rōmaji Fumi)

1. A female given name

道 (hiragana どうざき, rōmaji Dōzaki, alternative reading みちざき, rōmaji Michizaki)

1. A surname​.

道 (eumhun 길 도 (gil do))

1. Hanja form^? of 도 (“province; method, way; path, road”).

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