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導

導

See also: 导

Translingual

Han character

導 (radical 41 寸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜山木戈 (YUDI), four-corner 38343, composition ⿱道寸)

References

  • KangXi: page 296, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7463
  • Dae Jaweon: page 586, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 512, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5C0E

Chinese

trad. 導
simp. 导

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (首) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
道 *l'uːʔ
導 *duːs
首 *hljuʔ, *hljus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *duːs) : phonetic 道 ‎(OC *l'uːʔ, “path”) + semantic 寸 ‎(“hand”) – to lead someone.

Etymology

Cognate with 道 (OC *l'uːʔ, “road”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 導
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dawH/
Li
Rong		 /dɑuH/
Wang
Li		 /dɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 導
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dawH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lˤuʔ-s/
English to lead

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 導
Reading # 1/1
No. 11670
Phonetic
component		 首
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 導
Old
Chinese		 /*duːs/

Definitions

導

  1. to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

導

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to direct, guide, lead, conduct

Readings

Korean

Hanja

導 • ‎(do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

導 (đạo)

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