道dào
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道
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Shuowen
道. Consists of the movement radical 辶 and the component 首 (head), the oracle bone script shows a foot (彳) with a head (首). This pictograph signifies a path that a person leads, thus meaning 'road' or 'way'.
Pinyin
dào· HSK 1