Kanji N2

導: guidance, leading, conduct

導 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning guidance, leading, conduct, written with 15 strokes. It is read ドウ (on) and みちびく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 指導 (しどう, guidance) and 導入 (どうにゅう, introduction).

導

Meanings

  • guidance
  • leading
  • conduct
  • usher
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#354 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ドウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みちびく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 導

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 指導しどう

    guidance; leadership; instruction; direction

    JLPT N3
  • 導入どうにゅう

    introduction; bringing in; installation

    JLPT N1
  • 主導しゅどう

    leadership; initiative; spearhead

    JLPT N1
  • 誘導ゆうどう

    guidance; leading; induction; introduction

    JLPT N1
  • 導くみちびく

    to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct

    JLPT N1
  • 半導体はんどうたい

    semiconductor

  • 主導権しゅどうけん

    hegemony; leadership; initiative

  • 先導せんどう

    guidance; leadership; leading the way

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.