Memory phrase for the character: 道

道

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Meaning

way, road, principle, truth, Taoism

Pronunciation

 dào

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: head/chief 首 (eye 目 with emphasized eyebrow 首 as: chief)

Mnemonic
 
The movement of the chief determines the way.

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
首 headThe eye 目 with the exaggerated eyebrows 首 stands for the: leader. The leader is also 头.
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 Vocabulary

说道 shuō dao  to discuss; reason (behind sth)
道琼斯指数 Dào Qióng sī zhǐ shù  Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index)
道琼斯 Dào Qióng sī  Dow Jones industrial average
踩道 cǎi dào  to scout; to reconnoitre
道德沦丧 dào dé lún sàng  moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy
道岔 dào chà  railroad switch
开锣喝道 kāi luó hè dào  to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
扳道 bān dào  railroad switch
隧道 suì dào  tunnel
隧道尽头的光亮 suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng  the light at the end of the tunnel
腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún  carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve); median neuropathy at the wrist
腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún  

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