道(dào): road
HSK 112 strokes
road
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- dào
- Meaning
- road; path (CL:条,股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Strokes
- 12
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 道 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 道 step by step
12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 道
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