渠道
qú dào · HSK 6
means
💧 sounds like queue-dow: things queue up to flow down a channel
渠 (canal) + 道 (path) = the route water takes. Extends to any conduit: sales channels, communication channels, means of getting something done.
道 — 辶 (walk) + 首 (head)
Originally a compound of 辶 'walk/movement' and 首 'head', depicting a path one walks while looking ahead. The literal sense 'road, way' extended metaphorically to 'method, doctrine, the Way (Dao)'. This philosophical meaning became central in Daoist and Confucian thought.