Read Edit View history 导 dǎo HSK3 direct, lead Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 導. Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 導 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the phonetic 道 component in the traditional character 導. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 导 Simp strokes 导 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 导 Simp strokes 导 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 导 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 406, 717 ], [ 425, 734 ], [ 607, 778 ], [ 628, 776 ], [ 663, 744 ], [ 637, 682 ], [ 609, 665 ] ], [ [ 387, 595 ], [ 401, 603 ], [ 605, 639 ], [ 663, 636 ] ], [ [ 337, 763 ], [ 371, 716 ], [ 359, 588 ], [ 369, 507 ], [ 379, 490 ], [ 417, 465 ], [ 507, 454 ], [ 577, 457 ], [ 666, 471 ], [ 712, 487 ], [ 735, 507 ], [ 728, 618 ] ], [ [ 138, 271 ], [ 202, 253 ], [ 441, 291 ], [ 808, 330 ], [ 859, 326 ], [ 916, 304 ] ], [ [ 599, 416 ], [ 626, 394 ], [ 647, 366 ], [ 645, 90 ], [ 639, 50 ], [ 628, 24 ], [ 617, 16 ], [ 583, 26 ], [ 495, 69 ] ], [ [ 352, 231 ], [ 417, 179 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286 928 295 Q 935 308 924 321 Q 857 382 792 361 Q 735 349 678 339 L 615 332 Q 528 325 311 297 Q 244 285 141 284 Q 128 284 126 273 Q 126 260 145 246 Q 161 233 193 222 Q 203 218 221 226 Q 237 232 310 245 Q 401 266 616 287 L 671 292 Z", "M 575 60 Q 536 67 499 76 Q 486 77 487 70 Q 488 63 499 55 Q 580 -9 610 -49 Q 625 -65 641 -51 Q 677 -14 676 58 Q 672 152 671 292 L 678 339 Q 679 349 684 356 Q 693 375 676 390 Q 649 412 618 423 Q 599 430 591 423 Q 584 416 595 400 Q 613 369 615 332 L 616 287 Q 620 163 614 94 Q 613 70 600 62 Q 590 55 575 60 Z", "M 368 187 Q 390 162 412 133 Q 424 118 439 117 Q 449 116 457 129 Q 464 142 458 174 Q 455 193 428 210 Q 364 243 348 239 Q 342 236 342 223 Q 345 211 368 187 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are 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