Tao

in East Asian philosophy and religions, the source and fundamental principle of the universe
Intangible religious_concept Q190393
Tao
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Tao

Summary

Tao is a religious concept[1]. Tao ranks in the top 4% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,275 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tao's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3].
  • Tao's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].
  • Tao's Commons category is recorded as Taoism[5].
  • Tao's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tao[6].
  • Tao's facet of is recorded as Chinese philosophy[7].
  • Tao's facet of is recorded as Taoism[8].
  • Tao's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[9].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '道'}[10].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yue', 'text': '道'}[11].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-latn-pehoeji', 'text': 'tō'}[12].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'wuu', 'text': '道'}[13].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'cdo-latn', 'text': 'dô̤'}[14].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'đạo'}[15].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '道'}[16].
  • Tao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '도'}[17].
  • Tao's different from is recorded as Dao[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include religious concept[3] and philosophical concept[4].

Why It Matters

Tao ranks in the top 4% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,275 views/month).[2] Tao has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Tao is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image Taijitu yellow.svg
    Image Taijitu red gradient.svg, Calligraphic Dao..png
    Namuwiki id 도(사상)
    Local thumb
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P154]]: Taijitu yellow.svg"
  2. 25d ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Tao
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1940797
    Namuwiki id 도(사상)
    Instance of religious concept, philosophical concept
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8885]]: 도"
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