Circuit (administrative division)

Circuit
The inspection circuits of the Tang dynasty in 742[1]
Dao (mainly Tang dynasty)
Chinese	道
Literal meaning	way, path, circuit
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dào Bopomofo ㄉㄠˋ Wade–Giles tao
Lu (Song and Jin dynasties)
Chinese	路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin lù
Korean name
Hangul	도
Hanja	道
Transcriptions Revised Romanization do McCune–Reischauer to
Japanese name
Kanji	道
Kana	どう
Transcriptions Romanization dō

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.