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

  • 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.

  • 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."
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Sentences including

  • The street is somewhere along here.

  • You can take whichever way you like.

  • 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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