導

音読おんよみ: ドウ

訓読くんよみ: みちび

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: 寸(すんづくり)

Meaning

Guide / Lead / Direct / Conduct

  • Basic forms
  • 導く — to guide; to lead / base form
  • 導きます — guide; lead / masu form
  • 導いた — guided; led / ta-form
  • 導いて — guiding; leading and… / te-form
  • 導かない — do not guide / negative
  • 導けば — if (you) guide / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 成功へ導く — lead to success
  • 人々を導く — guide people
  • 答えを導き出す — derive an answer
  • More
  • 導こう — let’s guide / volitional
  • 導かれた — was guided / passive

導く(みちびく) is a godan verb. It means guiding someone or something toward a result, decision, or direction — both physically and abstractly.

  • 指導しどう — guidance / leadership
  • 導入どうにゅう — introduction / implementation
  • 誘導ゆうどう — guiding / induction
  • 教導きょうどう — instruction / discipline
  • 導火線どうかせん — fuse (ignition)
  • 伝導でんどう — conduction (heat, electricity)
  • 伝導師でんどうし — evangelist

導 is a phono-semantic compound: 寸 (small measurement/hand) provides meaning, while 道 (road) gives the idea of a path. Together they signify leading or guiding someone along a way — direction both literal and metaphorical.

先生せんせいわたしたちを ただしいみちみちびいてくれました。
The teacher guided us on the right path.

あたらしい 技術ぎじゅつ導入どうにゅうする。
We will introduce new technology.

経
Forms
指導しどう — guidance / coaching
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