Character: 導
Modern (Beijing) reading: dǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhūʔs
Classic Old Chinese: lhūh
Western Han Chinese: lhūh
Eastern Han Chinese: lhūh
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhū̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhū̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhū̀
Middle Chinese: dầw
English meaning : to go along, travel along; to lead
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вести, водить; руководить; проводник, гид; 2) писать введение
Comments: Also means 'to say' (perhaps metaphorically < 'to conduct, bring along (words)'). A derivate from *lhūʔ 道 q.v. Viet. dạo is colloquial; the regular Sino-Viet. form is d_ạo. An archaic loanword may be Viet. lùa 'to drive (cattle to graze)'.
Radical: 41
Four-angle index: 3214
Karlgren code: 1048 d-e
Vietnamese reading: dạo
