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See also: 导

導しるべ U+5C0E, 導 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0E ← 對たい [U+5C0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 小しょう → [U+5C0F]

Translingual

Han character

導しるべ (Kangxi radical 41, 寸すん+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜うらない山木やまき戈ほこ (YUDI), four-corner 3834₃, composition ⿱道みち寸すん)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 296, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7463
• Dae Jaweon: page 586, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 512, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C0E

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Chinese

trad.		導しるべ
simp.		导

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (首くび) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
道みち	*l'uːʔ
導しるべ	*duːs
首くび	*hljuʔ, *hljus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *duːs) : phonetic 道みち (OC *l'uːʔ, “path”) + semantic 寸すん (“hand”) – to lead someone.

Etymology

Cognate with 道みち (OC *l'uːʔ, “road”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 導しるべ

1. to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct

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Japanese

Kanji

導しるべ

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to direct, guide, lead, conduct

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: みちびく (michibiku, 導みちびく, Jōyō); しるべ (shirube, 導しるべ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
導しるべ
しるべ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 導しるべ – see the following entry.

【しるべ】 [noun] guide Alternative spelling 標しめぎ

(This term, 導しるべ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

導しるべ (eumhun 인도할 도 (indohal do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“to direct, guide, lead, conduct”)

Compounds

• 교도소 (矯導所しょ, gyodoso, “jail, prison”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

導しるべ: Hán Nôm readings: đạo

1. chữ Hán form of đạo (“to direct, guide, lead, conduct”).

Compounds

• 主導しゅどう (chủ đạo)
• 導しるべ演えんじ (đạo diễn)
• 領りょう導しるべ (lãnh đạo)