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导

dǎo

direct, lead

Simplified form of 導. Phonosemantic compound. 寸 represents the meaning and 道 represents the sound.

Components
已 simplified component

已  Simplified component

yǐ

  

already

Shorthand for the phonetic 道 component in the traditional character 導.

寸 meaning component

寸  Meaning component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Evolution

导 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
导 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
导 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
导 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
导 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

导 (導) 

dǎo

direct, guide, lead, conduct; to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct

Most common words with 导
Freq.
Word
Meaning

领导

lead

导致

to lead to

指导

to guide

引导

to guide

导弹

guided missile

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 49.4794% of movies

805th most common character in movies

343rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

導

Unicode

U+5BFC


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