1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
2. alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)

1. texture
2. grain (of wood)
3. inner essence
4. intrinsic order
5. reason
6. logic
7. truth
8. science
9. natural science (esp. physics)
10. to manage
11. to pay attention to
12. to run (affairs)
13. to handle
14. to put in order
15. to tidy up