道 — Chinese character

道

dào

method, way; path, road

Pinyin: dào
Radical: 162 ⾡ (Walk)
Strokes: 13
Components: 辶首
Formation: pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 首
Japanese: 道 as a kanji

Common words with 道

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
知道	zhī dào	to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)	bào dào	to report (news); report
难道 (難道)	nán dào	don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
道路	dào lù	road; path
道德	dào dé	virtue; morality
频道 (頻道)	pín dào	frequency; (television) channel
街道	jiē dào	street; 条 (tiáo)
大道	dà dào	main street; avenue
道歉	dào qiàn	to apologize
味道	wèi dao	flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
道理	dào li	reason; argument
轨道 (軌道)	guǐ dào	track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)

English words written with 道

道 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 76 · Analects 89 · Art of War 24 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 149 · Zhuangzi 359 · Great Learning 10 · Doctrine of the Mean 54

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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