TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
導
ㄉㄠˇ · dǎo
verb — to guide, lead
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tdào → dǎo — tone only
A hand (寸) set under the road (道) — steering someone along the way; 道 also sounds it, tone bent to dǎo. Leading people, 領導、導遊; carrying a thing along its path, 導電、導演.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
路黑，他一隻手（寸）扶著老人家的手肘，沿著道（道）一步一步走。
The road is dark; his hand (寸) holds the old man's elbow, step by step along the way (道).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)引導、帶路— to guide along the way常用
→領導— to lead — guiding the whole
→導電、導演— to conduct, direct — carrying along the path
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension