Japanese Word Entry

Kana:どう
Romaji:dou
Definitions:
  1. road, path, street, route

  2. way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself

  3. moral education

  4. Buddhist teachings

  5. Taoism

  6. administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

  7. administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)

  8. province (administrative region of Korea)

  9. circuit (administrative region of China)

  10. province (Tang-era administrative region of China)


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Chinese characters used in this word

road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings, path, road, method, way
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄠˋ (dào), ㄉㄠˇ (dǎo)
Cantonese: dou6
Japanese: ドウ (dou)、 トウ (tou) / みち (michi)、 いう (iu)、 みちびく (michibiku)
Korean: 도 (do)
Vietnamese: đạo, đáo