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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- dao4
- English meanings
- say, speak, talk, think, suppose
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the lower left structure
Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 首.
Meaning & sound clues
辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.
首 is identified as the sound component (shǒu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 道.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
actually
knife
up until
chatter; prattle
lead; guide
isle
mourn; grieve
pound; trouble
thief
steal; thief
pray; prayer
rice; paddy
tread; dance
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 一道
- 东道主
- 人行道
- 人道
- 便道
- 公道
- 出道
- 厚道
- 味道
- 哪知道
- 地道
- 大道
- 头头是道
- 微不足道
- 打交道
- 报道
- 楼道
- 渠道
- 知道
- 管道
- 茶道
- 街道
- 说道
- 谁知道
- 跑道
- 车道
- 轨道
- 过道
- 通道
- 道具
- 道德
- 道教
- 道歉
- 道理
- 道路
- 隧道
- 难道
- 频道