noun

  1. guidepost, signpost.
  2. guide, manual, handbook.
  3. tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
道しるべ みちしるべ
道標 みちしるべ
道導
道導 みちしるべ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

road-way, street, district
みち ドウ ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)