Memory phrase for the Kanji: 道


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Meaning way, road, principle, truth, Taoism

Pronunciation

dào

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
The movement of the chief determines the way.

Radicals

movementIn some cases this radical is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
head
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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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