Chinese Character 導 Meanings and components.

Form

導

Meaning

導 meaning[3] in English

To Transmit.

To Lead.

To Guide.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 導 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are road (道) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 寸 (cun4) which means: A Unit Of Length, Inch, Thumb, .寸cun4a unit …

In cangjie it is written with YUDI

How to write 導

To write導dao3to transmit you should write a combination of 道dao4road , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吕 shape:

道 + 寸 = 導

導 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 導 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 導, looks as follow:

導
Pinyin:dao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Transmit . To Lead . To Guide . To Conduct . To Direct
道
Pinyin:dao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Road . Path . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],股[Gu3] . Principle . Truth . Morality . Reason . Skill . Method . Dao (Of Daoism) . To Say . To Speak . To Talk . Classifier For Long Thin Things (Rivers, Cracks Etc), Barriers (Walls, Doors Etc), Questions (In An Exam Etc), Commands, Courses In A Meal, Steps In A Process . (Old) Circuit (Administrative Division)
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
首
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Head . Chief . First (Occasion, Thing Etc) . Classifier For Poems, Songs Etc
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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