dǎo

导

to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct

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Words with 导

领导 lǐng dǎo lead; leading HSK 3
导演 dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
指导 zhǐ dǎo to guide; to give directions HSK 3
导致 dǎo zhì to lead to; to create HSK 4
引导 yǐn dǎo to guide; to lead (around) HSK 4
导游 dǎo yóu tour guide; guidebook HSK 4
主导 zhǔ dǎo leading; dominant HSK 5
倡导 chàng dǎo to advocate; to initiate HSK 5
向导 xiàng dǎo guide HSK 5
导弹 dǎo dàn (guided) missile HSK 7–9
导师 dǎo shī tutor; teacher HSK 7–9
导航 dǎo háng navigation HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
寸 inch; small, tiny
Parts
巳 + 寸
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+5BFC

Ideographic: A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳