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Kanji Detail for 道 - "road, way, principle"

道

  • Meaning

    道 means "road, way, principle."

    1. Road - A path for traveling.

    2. Way - A method; a means.

    3. Principle - A fundamental truth; ethics.

    4. Art - A discipline requiring mastery.

  • Words using 道

    • 報道 ほうどう Listen report (of news); reporting; news
    • 北海道 ほっかいどう Listen Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
    • 道路 どうろ Listen road; highway
    • 鉄道 てつどう Listen railroad; railway; rail transport
    • 都道府県 とどうふけん Listen prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
    • 柔道 じゅうどう Listen judo
    • 軌道 きどう Listen orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track
    • 報道陣 ほうどうじん Listen press corps

  • Four-character idioms with 道

    • 人道主義 じんどうしゅぎ Listen humanism; humanitarianism
    • 言語道断 ごんごどうだん Listen outrageous; preposterous; scandalous
    • 世道人心 せどうじんしん Listen (public) morals and sentiments
    • 二河白道 にがびゃくどう Listen the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
    • 六道輪廻 ろくどうりんね Listen endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
    • 大逆無道 たいぎゃくむどう Listen heinous; treacherous; atrocious

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    • Verified meaning: road, way, principle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, すすむ, たお, ただし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 道

    Given names 道(おさむ)Listen 道(たお)Listen 道(ただし)Listen 道(ただす)Listen 道(とおる)Listen 道(なおし)Listen 道(ふみ)Listen 道(まこと)Listen 道(みち)Listen

    Surnames 道(すすむ)Listen 道(どう)Listen 道(どうざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    road-way; street; district; journey; course; moral; teachings

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    path, road, street; method, way

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    method, way; path, road

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A main road without branches. Such as 甬道 (corridor), 複道 (covered passage). | Principle. Meaning a fixed principle that everyone follows. Such as saying 人道主義 (humanitarianism). Also 王道 (kingly way), 霸道 (tyranny), 得道 (attain the way), 失道 (lose the way), etc. All have this meaning. Religious teachers telling people doctrines is also called 傳道 (preach). A religion. Those who worship Laozi as the founder are called 道教 (Taoism). | A geographical division name. Tang dynasty divided the empire into ten circuits. Like today's provinces. After Ming dynasty, provinces were further divided into several circuits. | To speak. Explaining the details of a matter is called 道. Such as saying 從實道來 (speak truthfully). Also fully understanding what is said is called 知道 (know). | Interchangeable with 導. To govern. "Analects" says "Guide them with government, guide them with virtue."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doh(ドウ) ドウ

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i.u(い-う) い-う

    michi(みち) みち

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    road way principle art guide lead speak say technique skill taoism path avenue channel course direction journey route method morality ethics discipline

Sentences including 道

  • You can take whichever way you like.

  • The street is somewhere along here.

  • They cleared the road of snow.

  • Take the road on the right.

  • I will do anything in reason.

  • He was kind enough to show me the way.

  • One day he was walking along the street.

  • I was lost in the crowd.

  • Teach the way from the here to post office.

  • Can you find your way home?

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