导

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

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳

Components 巳寸

guide · Heisig RSH #522

snakeskin + glue

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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