導く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
みちび
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Likely formed from (みち) (michi, path) + () (hiku, to pull; to draw, rendaku form () (biku)), meaning "to pull along a path" -> "to lead/guide".

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「導く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
導く ちび
Imperative (命令形) 導け ちび
Key constructions
Passive 導かれる ちびかれ
Causative 導かせる ちびかせ
Potential 導ける ちびけ
Volitional 導こう ちびこ
Negative 導かない ちびかない
Negative perfective 導かなかった ちびかなかった
Formal 導きます ちびきま
Perfective 導いた ちびいた
Conjunctive 導いて ちびいて
Hypothetical conditional 導けば ちびけば

Verb

(みちび) (michibikutransitive godan (stem (みちび) (michibiki), past (みちび)いた (michibiita))

  1. to guide, to conduct

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN