導
dǎo

direct, lead

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 11, 2021, 07:18 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 11, 2021, 07:18 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound.

Components

寸
寸 Meaning component
道
道 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdawHlˤuʔ-s to lead

說文解字

導，引也。从寸道聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)