道
dàoTraditional: 道
Translation
way, path, principle, doctrine
Word origin
A compound of the walk radical and the head element, depicting a head moving along a road. From the literal road it extended to way, method and guiding principle.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 辶 (walk) + 首 (head)
Stroke order
道
Examples
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This is the only way.
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He understands the principle of conduct.
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There is a narrow path in the mountains.
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People who follow different ways do not plan together.
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This shop has a very good flavour.
道 (dào) means way, path, principle, doctrine. It runs from a physical road to abstract notions like the Dao of Daoism.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 道.
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(1)Grammar articles
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