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导

to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #466 U+5BFC

How 导 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳

components: 巳 寸

How to remember it

guide · Heisig RSH #522

snakeskin + glue

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 导

WordPinyinMeaning
导电性 dǎo diàn xìng conductivity (elec.)
主导性 zhǔ dǎo xìng leadership
电导体 diàn dǎo tǐ conductor of electricity
不可导 bù kě dǎo not differentiable (function in calculus)
人生导师 rén shēng dǎo shī life mentor
地对空导弹 dì duì kōng dǎo dàn ground-to-air missile
导火线 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw
导热性 dǎo rè xìng heat conduction
空地导弹 kōng dì dǎo dàn air-to-surface missile
空对空导弹 kōng duì kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile
自导 zì dǎo self-guided; autonomous
导电 dǎo diàn to conduct electricity
电导 diàn dǎo electrical conductance
导体 dǎo tǐ conductor (of electricity or heat)
半导体 bàn dǎo tǐ semiconductor
空空导弹 kōng kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile
导出 dǎo chū to derive; derived; derivation; to entail; to induce; to export (data)
超导电性 chāo dǎo diàn xìng (physics) superconductivity
主导 zhǔ dǎo leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead; to direct; to dominate
开导 kāi dǎo to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten