dào

path

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

首 sound component

  Sound component

shǒu

  

head

Evolution

道 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
道 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
道 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
道 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dào

path, road, street; method, way; road; path; CL:|[tiáo],[gǔ]; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

Most common words with 道
Freq.
Word
Meaning

知道

to know

road

报道

report

难道

don't tell me ...

说道

to state

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)