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Circuit (administrative division)
Historical political division of China and Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A circuit (Chinese: 道; pinyin: dào or Chinese: 路; pinyin: lù) was a historical political division of China and is a historical and modern administrative unit in Japan. The primary level of administrative division of Korea under the Joseon and in modern North and South Korea employs the same Chinese character as the Chinese and Japanese divisions but, because of its relatively greater importance, is usually translated as province instead.
Quick Facts Dao (mainly Tang dynasty), Chinese ...
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![]() The inspection circuits of the Tang dynasty in 742[1] | |||||||||||
Dao (mainly Tang dynasty) | |||||||||||
Chinese | 道 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | way, path, circuit | ||||||||||
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Chinese | 路 | ||||||||||
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Hangul | 도 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 道 | ||||||||||
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Kanji | 道 | ||||||||||
Kana | どう | ||||||||||
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