導

See also: 导

導	U+5C0E, 導 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0E

← 對
[U+5C0D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

小 →
[U+5C0F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

導 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+12, 15 (Mainland China, Japan), 16 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 卜山木戈 (YUDI), four-corner 3834₃, composition ⿱道寸)

Derived characters

𠐵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 296, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7463
Dae Jaweon: page 586, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 512, character 5
Unihan data for U+5C0E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 導
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 *duːs): phonetic 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “path”) + semantic 寸 (“hand”) – to lead someone.

Etymology 1

trad.		導
simp.		导
alternative forms		⿱刀寸

Cognate with 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “road”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎo (dao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thô / tho

(Meixian, Guangdong): tau¹
Eastern Min (BUC): dô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tō / tō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tao³
  - Yale: dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dao
  - Palladius: дао (dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dou⁶
  - Yale: douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô / tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ / to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ / to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴/, /tʰo⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰau⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō
  - Tâi-lô: tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau
  - MiniDict: dau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒu̯⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: dawH

Rime
Character	導
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒到切
Baxter	dawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw^H/
Li Rong	/dɑu^H/
Wang Li	/dɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤuʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*duːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	導
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ daw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁuʔ-s/
English	to lead
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	導
Reading #	1/1
No.	11670
Phonetic component	首
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	導
Old Chinese	/*duːs/

Definitions

導

to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		導
simp.		导

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhōa

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhōa
  - Tâi-lô: tshuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoa
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰua²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰua³³/

Definitions

導

(Hokkien) Alternative form of 𤆬 (chhōa, “to lead; to guide”)
- 深深祈禱　導我更加認識祢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  深深祈祷　导我更加认识祢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2009, 謝鴻文 (lyrics and music), 祢是葡萄樹
  Chhim-chhim kî-tó, Chhōa góa kèng-ka jīn-bat Lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Praying deeply, Lead me to know You more

Japanese

Shinjitai	導
Kyūjitai ^[1]	導󠄁 導+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	導󠄃 導+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

導

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

to direct, guide, lead, conduct

Readings

Go-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
Kun: みちびく (michibiku, 導く, Jōyō)、しるべ (shirube, 導)
Nanori: おさ (osa)、みち (michi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
導
しるべ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 導 – see the following entry.

【しるべ】

[noun] guide

Alternative spelling
標

(This term, 導, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ “導”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

導 (eumhun 인도할 도 (indohal do))

hanja form^? of 도 (“to direct, guide, lead, conduct”)

Compounds

교도소 (矯導所, gyodoso, “jail, prison”)

Vietnamese

Han character

導: Hán Nôm readings: đạo

chữ Hán form of đạo (“to direct, guide, lead, conduct”).

Compounds

[1] “導”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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