Hanja Analyzer
道

道 — do

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
길 도
Romanization
do
English
path, road, street; method, way
Mandarin
dào
Japanese on'yomi
ドウ, トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
みち いう
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#207 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
辵 (162, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+9053

Parts that make up 道

  • 首 머리 수 머리털이 난 머리머리와 첫머리. ‘수’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 道 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 道 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 行, 首, 止.

Korean example words with 道

  • 인도仁道 Korean gloss: 어진 길
  • 전도全道 Korean gloss: 모든 도
  • 수도修道 Korean gloss: 도를 닦음
  • 구도舊道 Korean gloss: 예전의 도로
  • 도경道經 Korean gloss: 도교의 경전
  • 생도生道 Korean gloss: 살아가는 방도
  • 난도難道 Korean gloss: 걷기에 힘든 길
  • 시도詩道 Korean gloss: 시를 짓는 방법
  • 일도一道 Korean gloss: 한 가지의 도리
  • 도정道程 Korean gloss: 길의 이수(里數)
  • 화도化道 Korean gloss: 선(善)으로 옮김
  • 고도古道 Korean gloss: 옛날의 도의(道義)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 道

  • 道みち road; path; street
  • 報道ほうどう report (of news); reporting; news
  • 北海道ほっかいどう Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
  • 道路どうろ road; highway
  • 鉄道てつどう railroad; railway; rail transport
  • 都道府県とどうふけん prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 軌道きどう orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track
  • 柔道じゅうどう judo
  • 報道陣ほうどうじん press corps
  • 水道すいどう water supply; water service; waterworks
  • 高速道路こうそくどうろ highway; freeway; expressway
  • 人道じんどう humanity; sidewalk; footpath

Other hanja read “도”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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