Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 道
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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
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辶
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movement | (In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.) |
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首
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head | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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