渠道 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qúdào HSK6

channel

qú ditch

A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation

Components

洰 Sound Meaning component

jù

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

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蕖磲

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gjo	[ɡ](r)a	canal
Zhengzhang		ɡa
Unicode	ghio

說文解字

水所居。从水，榘省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

dào, dao path

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 首 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

首 Sound component

shǒu head

Change in sound

道 and 首 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
道 *lˤuʔ-s
首 *l̥uʔ-s

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導

Meaning (1)

導

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dawH	lˤuʔ-s	show the way
	dawX	[kə.l]ˤuʔ	way

說文解字

所行道也。从辵从𩠐。一達謂之道。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

渠 qú ditch

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說文解字

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道 dào, dao path

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Meaning (1)

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qú ditch

dào, dao path