Character Details
| way, (of a channel, light), path, religion streak Taoist the way, | Ascii: — | w485 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 道 | dào | dowe | 4 | 辶 (walk) + 首 (head) → way; path | 道 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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When we go out on the road‑WAY, we often risk our own necks (that's why I take the train!). | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - way, path, channel, a streak (of light), the Taoist religion | |||||||||||
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| - Did you know? | - (I) don't know; I have no idea | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 163 - 豸 | zhì | morning | creature | long‑bodied animal | 貌 貌 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 辶 (walk) + 首 (head) → way; path | 辶 (semantic) | 首 (phonetic) | phonetic from 首 | ||||||||