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導 means 'guide'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 625   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-5    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 39    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 177 words   Used in 83 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ドウ
Kun
   みちびく to be guided
Additional readings
Name    みち
Variants
导 (Chinese)  
Components
⿱  道 road  寸 inch  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 導 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 導 is used 173 times, read 2 ways.
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ドウ : 165 words FIND ALL
し ど う 0
1. leadership; guidance; coaching
2. shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
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みちびく : 8 words FIND ALL
み ち び く 3
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct
2. to derive; to deduce  (see also: 方程式を導く)
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An additional 4 less common words include 導 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 782 (originally: 759)  Joy o' Kanji : 759  Key to Kanji: 816 

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導
ドウ   guide   みちびく to be guided   
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寸
スン   inch
道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
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