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道 — road; path; way

road; path; way; reason; principle

Pinyin
dào
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 道: 12 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

道 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 道 in the HSK syllabus: 35

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware ofHSK 1
  2. 道dàoroad; path; way; reason; principleHSK 4
  3. 道路dàolùroad; path; wayHSK 4
  4. 道歉dàoqiànto apologizeHSK 4
  5. 街道jiēdàostreet; subdistrict; residential districtHSK 4
  6. 难道nándàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?HSK 4
  7. 味道wèidàoflavor; taste; feeling; sense; hintHSK 4
  8. 报道bàodàoto report; reportHSK 5
  9. 道理dàolǐreason; argument; sense; principle; basisHSK 5
  10. 跑道pǎodàoathletic track; track; runwayHSK 5
  11. 打交道dǎ jiāodaoto come into contact with; to have dealingsHSK 6
  12. 道德dàodévirtue; morality; ethicsHSK 6
  13. 地道dìdaotunnel; causewayHSK 6
  14. 管道guǎndàotubing; pipeline; channel; meansHSK 6
  15. 轨道guǐdàotrack; orbit; a person's established path in lifeHSK 6
  16. 楼道lóudàocorridor; passagewayHSK 6
  17. 频道píndàofrequency; channelHSK 6
  18. 渠道qúdàoirrigation ditch; channel; avenueHSK 6
  19. 人行道rénxíngdàosidewalkHSK 6
  20. 通道tōngdàochannel; thoroughfare; passageHSK 6
  21. 一道yídàotogetherHSK 6
  22. 霸道bàdàothe Way of the Hegemon; despotic rule; rule by mightHSK 7–9
  23. 赤道chìdàoequator; celestial equatorHSK 7–9
  24. 道别dàobiéto say goodbye; to bid farewellHSK 7–9
  25. 道具dàojùprop; paraphernalia; item; artifactHSK 7–9
  26. 地道dìdàotunnel; causewayHSK 7–9
  27. 东道主dōngdàozhǔhost; official hostHSK 7–9
  28. 公道gōngdaofair; equitableHSK 7–9
  29. 过道guòdàopassageway; corridor; aisleHSK 7–9
  30. 厚道hòudaokind and honest; generous; sincereHSK 7–9
  31. 人道réndàohuman sympathy; humanitarianism; humaneHSK 7–9
  32. 任重道远rènzhòng-dàoyuǎna heavy load and a long roadHSK 7–9
  33. 隧道suìdàotunnelHSK 7–9
  34. 头头是道tóutóu-shìdàoclear and logicalHSK 7–9
  35. 微不足道wēibùzúdàonegligible; insignificantHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.