导dǎo
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导
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Shuowen
Guide. A figure with a head (representing a person being led or shown the way) combined with the movement radical 辶, together depicting one person leading or directing another along a path; the oracle bone form shows a human figure with a prominent head, to which the road radical was later added to emphasize the action of guiding someone from place to place.
Pinyin
dǎo· HSK 2