剣道 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Kendo / The Way of the Sword

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jiàn dào

kendou

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Often associated with Kenjutsu, 剱道/劍道 means “The way of the sword” in Japanese (and Korean with an alternate form of the first character).
This is also the term used for swordsmanship and even fencing in Japanese and Korean, depending on context.

Note: These same characters are also used separately in Chinese, but this exact combination yields a common title in Japanese only (perhaps someone who is really into swords would use this in China).

Note: There is more than one way to write the “sword” character (shown above is the Japanese version - if you want the Korean version, please let me know when you place your order).

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 剣道 search...

Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
剣道 see styles	kendou / kendo けんどう	More info & calligraphy: Kendo / The Way of the Sword kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords; (surname) Kendō
剣道場 see styles	kendoujou / kendojo けんどうじょう	剣道場 Custom Scroll {MA} kendo hall
剣道着 see styles	kendougi / kendogi けんどうぎ	剣道着 Custom Scroll {MA} kendo gi; kendo uniform
銃剣道 see styles	juukendou / jukendo じゅうけんどう	銃剣道 Custom Scroll form of modern martial art using the bayonet
国際剣道連盟 see styles	kokusaikendourenmei / kokusaikendorenme こくさいけんどうれんめい	国際剣道連盟 Custom Scroll (org) International Kendo Federation; (o) International Kendo Federation
全日本剣道連盟 see styles	zennihonkendourenmei / zennihonkendorenme ぜんにほんけんどうれんめい	全日本剣道連盟 Custom Scroll (org) All Japan Kendo Federation; (o) All Japan Kendo Federation

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Kendo The Way of the Sword	剱道 / 劍道剣道	kendou / kendo	jiàn dào / jian4 dao4 / jian dao / jiandao	chien tao / chientao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.