Read Edit View history 道 dào HSK1 path Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 首 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dào ×dao × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 辶 is a component form of 辵. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 道 Simp strokes 道 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 道 Simp strokes 道 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 道 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 489, 779 ], [ 541, 737 ], [ 558, 712 ] ], [ [ 718, 839 ], [ 732, 824 ], [ 738, 805 ], [ 643, 700 ] ], [ [ 396, 608 ], [ 440, 602 ], [ 618, 638 ], [ 776, 661 ], [ 812, 662 ], [ 868, 650 ] ], [ [ 572, 606 ], [ 592, 579 ], [ 566, 534 ], [ 554, 522 ], [ 541, 519 ] ], [ [ 467, 511 ], [ 489, 483 ], [ 495, 454 ], [ 495, 314 ], [ 488, 239 ], [ 493, 170 ] ], [ [ 514, 498 ], [ 540, 493 ], [ 713, 534 ], [ 740, 518 ], [ 755, 501 ], [ 761, 224 ], [ 749, 191 ], [ 717, 199 ], [ 700, 219 ] ], [ [ 524, 390 ], [ 530, 400 ], [ 602, 415 ], [ 646, 421 ], [ 668, 415 ] ], [ [ 520, 301 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