Tao

Tao
道
Chinese name
Chinese:	道
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Dào - Wade-Giles: Tao4 Min - Min-nan POJ: Tō Yue (Cantonese) - Yale Romanization: Dou
Japanese name
Kanji:	道
Hiragana:	1. とう 2. どう 3. みち
Transliterations - Revised Hepburn: 1. tō 2. dō 3. michi
Korean name
Hangul:	도
Transliterations - Revised   Romanization: do - McCune-   Reischauer: to
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese:	Đạo

Tao (道, Pinyin Dào ) is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more often in ancient Chinese philosophy. The Chinese character translates as "way," "path," or "route,". In Taoism, Tao began before and means the whole universe.