Chinese Character 道 Meanings and components.

Form

道

Meaning

道 meaning[3] in English

Road.

Path.

Cl:條|条[Tiao2],股[Gu3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 道 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and head (首)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YTHU

How to write 道

To write道dao4road you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 首shou3head arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 首 = 道

道 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

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]

Notes

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

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

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