Zi:道

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[dào] way/path/road; journey; ​道 walk/travel; reason/principle; ​道 know; ​道 say/speak; 道​ Taoism; (HDZ:) … [dǎo] (=​) guide/lead; instruct [dāo] ​道道

4 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

²dào {A} n. road; pathm.(for rivers/topics/etc.)(for a course (of food); a streak (of light); etc.)v.say; speak; talk (introducing direct quote, novel style)chángyán ∼ 常言∼ as the saying goesTā shuō∼: “...” 他说∼: “…” He said: “...”think; supposeb.f.channelway; reason; principledoctrineDaoismline〈environment:〉 hist. district; circuitcanal; passage; tubesay (polite words) ►dàoxiè 道谢
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 道(​𨖁) dào ‘way/path/road’ combines ​(​ chuò) ‘go’ (along a path), and ​(​𩠐) shǒu ‘head/begin/lead’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​𡬹, and later also ​/​(​𡭎𡭑𧘄) in some senses.
    Compare: 道(​𨖁) dào ← MC /dɑuʔ/; ​/​ tóu ← MC /du/; ​(​𩠐) shǒu ← MC /ɕjuʔ/ (SBGY); OC 道 /luʔ/, vs. ​ /hljuʔ/ (Baxter:1992).
    Older graphs associated with 道 are wr. ​/​, and thought to depict a person standing at a ​ ‘crossroads’; the person ​/​𩠐 in the crossroads is wr. ​𡬹, and at the bottom is ​ ‘foot’ (cf. ​𬠿󰀁, ​𫖠), not ​ ‘wrist/pulse/measure’; in old inscr. sometimes also assoc. with ​/​(​𡭎𡭑𧘄) not ​(​𨗕).
    Compare: ​/​(​𡭎𡭑𧘄) dǎo ‘lead (the way)’, formerly pronounced ​ dào, formerly wr. 道.
    Compare: 道(​𨖁𡬹) dào ← MC /dɑuʔ/; ​/​(​𨑡) tú ← MC /do/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​(​𩠒) kuí ‘thoroughfare’; ​ qiú ‘urgent/pressing/near’; ​(​𨗕) zūn ‘follow/comply’.
    “[​] ​ (human head:) person and ​ to walk. A cognate word is ​(​ dǎo)” —Karlgren(1923).
    HDZ: 道 : dào : (SW: ​道) 道​; ​, ​; ​道, ​; ​道, ​道; (​) ​道; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​、​; ​, ​; ​; (​) ​; 道​, 道​; 道​, (​) ​; 道​, 道​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) ​ (​道); ​ (​道, ​道​); (​) (​); ​, ​ (cf. ​𨗓/​); ​, ​; ​道, ​; ​; ​; ​, ​ (​道, ​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) ; (​) (​; ​); (​) (…​道…); ​ (shǒu): ​, ​; (​) (​); (​); (​) • dǎo : ​; ​; ​, ​ (cf. ​ dào, cf. 道/​𨖁/​𡬹); ​; ​; (​) ​, ​
    HDC: ​道 : ​; ​, ​道​; ​; ​道; ​; ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:301.45; Henshall:188; Karlgren:AD978,GSR1048a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3864.1; Mathews:6136; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1262.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:240.1.01; EDOC:1
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