道

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Possibly derived from :
 * > "to explain" > "to talk about", and
 * > "road, way".

Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬). See also.

Definitions

 * 1) way; path; road
 * 2)  circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
 * 3) a Korean province
 * 4)  track
 * 5) method; principle
 * 6)  the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages
 * 7)  the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
 * 8)  Logos; the Word
 * 9)  doctrine; teachings
 * 10)  sermon
 * 11)  to say; to utter
 * 1)  Logos; the Word
 * 2)  doctrine; teachings
 * 3)  sermon
 * 4)  to say; to utter
 * 1)  doctrine; teachings
 * 2)  sermon
 * 3)  to say; to utter
 * 1)  sermon
 * 2)  to say; to utter
 * 1)  to say; to utter

Kanji

 * 1) road; way

Etymology 1
→ →

From. Compare modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Tao the way of nature, Taoism
 * 2)  a region of Japan consisting of multiple provinces or prefectures
 * Feudal Japan was divided into several dō; the only remaining dō is Hokkaidō. (Often translated as circuit.)

Etymology 4
From, ultimately from.

Originally a compound of. The prefix mi was in reference to the of roads. Perhaps also cognate with, a potentially road-related element found in Old Korean toponyms.

Noun

 * 1) a way, a street, a road, an alley, a path, a pass for local traffic
 * 2)  a road, a path
 * 3) a way of doing something
 * 1) a way of doing something
 * 1) a way of doing something

Usage notes
This is the most common term for “road”, “street”, or “way” in modern Japanese.

Derived terms

 * : a rest stop along a highway
 * : a rest stop along a highway
 * : a rest stop along a highway

Etymology 5
Used as ateji in various names.

Etymology
From.