Read Edit View history 導 dǎo direct, lead Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 导 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 導 Simp strokes 導 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 導 Simp strokes 導 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 導 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 486, 819 ], [ 528, 790 ], [ 542, 768 ] ], [ [ 688, 870 ], [ 699, 842 ], [ 662, 807 ], [ 621, 780 ], [ 617, 771 ] ], [ [ 429, 707 ], [ 451, 704 ], [ 604, 734 ], [ 751, 753 ], [ 800, 752 ], [ 830, 743 ] ], [ [ 549, 702 ], [ 563, 687 ], [ 537, 649 ], [ 523, 639 ] ], [ [ 466, 631 ], [ 477, 624 ], [ 491, 599 ], [ 494, 454 ], [ 500, 416 ] ], [ [ 496, 632 ], [ 519, 621 ], [ 692, 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