导 Strokes Write it Listen 导 dǎo to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct HSK 3 6 strokes Radical 寸 Ideograph 17 words Built from巳sìthe hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch寸cùninch; small, tiny How it worksA hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳.