道
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: dao6
POJ: tǎu
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: tǎu
Variety: chaozhou
Meanings and usage
noun: way; path; road (literary), principle; doctrine; the Dao/Tao
道
道
The character entry lists many distinct senses (path, historical administrative division, philosophical Dao, Buddhist/Christian religious senses, verb 'to say', suffix, and several classifier uses) all under one Teochew reading; the core noun sense 'way/path/principle' was picked as the best general-purpose fit.