Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
道 see styles	dào dao4 tao wataru わたる	More info & calligraphy: Daoism / Taoism road; path (CL:條\|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) (1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.
中道 see styles	zhōng dào zhong1 dao4 chung tao nakamichi なかみち	More info & calligraphy: The Middle Way road through the middle; middle road; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi The 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義.
人道 see styles	rén dào ren2 dao4 jen tao jindou(p); nindou / jindo(p); nindo じんどう(P); にんどう	More info & calligraphy: The Tao or Dao of Being Human / Humanity human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse (1) humanity; (2) sidewalk; footpath; (3) (にんどう only) {Buddh} (See 六道) human realm rebirth as a human being
佛道 see styles	fó dào fo2 dao4 fo tao butsudō	More info & calligraphy: Buddha Way The way of Buddha, leading to Buddhahood; intp. as bodhi, enlightenment, gnosis.
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
医道 see styles	idou / ido いどう	More info & calligraphy: Art of Healing the art of medicine
古道 see styles	gǔ dào gu3 dao4 ku tao furumichi ふるみち	More info & calligraphy: The Old Way / Old School ancient road; precepts of the antiquity (1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi
孝道 see styles	xiào dao xiao4 dao5 hsiao tao takamichi たかみち	More info & calligraphy: The Dao of Filial Piety filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter filial piety; (given name) Takamichi
實道实道 see styles	shí dào shi2 dao4 shih tao jitsudō	More info & calligraphy: True Religion / Buddha Truth The true way, the true religion, absolute Buddha-truth.
心道 see styles	munemichi むねみち	More info & calligraphy: Tao / Dao of the Heart / Soul (given name) Munemichi
杖道 see styles	joudou / jodo じょうどう	More info & calligraphy: Jodo (See 杖術) jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
柔道 see styles	róu dào rou2 dao4 jou tao juudou / judo じゅうどう	More info & calligraphy: Judo judo judo
武道 see styles	budou / budo ぶどう	More info & calligraphy: Martial Arts / Budo martial arts; military arts; Bushido; (surname, given name) Budō
求道 see styles	qiú dào qiu2 dao4 ch`iu tao chiu tao motomichi もとみち	More info & calligraphy: Seeking Truth (esp. ぐどう in Buddhism) seeking after truth; (personal name) Motomichi to seek (practice for, strive for) enlightenment
神道 see styles	shén dào shen2 dao4 shen tao jindou / jindo じんどう	More info & calligraphy: Shinto Shinto (Japanese religion) Shinto; Shintoism; (surname) Jindō The spirit world of devas, asuras, and pretas. Psychology, or the doctrines concerning the soul. The teaching of Buddha. Shinto, the Way of the Gods, a Japanese national religion.
禅道 see styles	zendou / zendo ぜんどう	More info & calligraphy: Zendo / The Zen Way (1) Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; (2) Zen teachings; Zen
茶道 see styles	chá dào cha2 dao4 ch`a tao cha tao chadou / chado ちゃどう	More info & calligraphy: The Way of Tea Japanese tea ceremony; sado tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō; (place-name) Chadō the way of tea
行道 see styles	xíng dào xing2 dao4 hsing tao yukimichi ゆきみち	More info & calligraphy: Walk in the Way route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere); (surname, given name) Yukimichi To walk in the way, follow the Buddha-truth; to make procession round an image, especially of the Buddha, with the right shoulder towards it.
道元 see styles	dào yuán dao4 yuan2 tao yüan michimoto みちもと	More info & calligraphy: Dogen (surname) Michimoto The beginning of right doctrine, i.e. faith.
道場道场 see styles	dào chǎng dao4 chang3 tao ch`ang tao chang michiba みちば	More info & calligraphy: Dojo / Martial Arts Studio Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場\|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] (1) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba Truth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion.
道士 see styles	dào shì dao4 shi4 tao shih michishi みちし	More info & calligraphy: Taoist / Daoist Daoist priest (1) Taoist; (2) person of high morals; (3) Buddhist monk; (4) immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal; (personal name) Michishi A Taoist (hermit), also applied to Buddhists, and to Śākyamuni.
道夫 see styles	michiyo みちよ	More info & calligraphy: Dolfo (personal name) Michiyo
道德 see styles	dào dé dao4 de2 tao te dōtoku	More info & calligraphy: Ethics / Ethical / Morality virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種\|种[zhong3] the virtues of the (Buddha-)Path
道教 see styles	dào jiào dao4 jiao4 tao chiao michinori みちのり	More info & calligraphy: Daoism / Taoism Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs) Taoism; Daoism; (personal name) Michinori Taoism. The teaching of the right way, i.e. of Buddhism.
道格 see styles	doukaku / dokaku どうかく	More info & calligraphy: Doug (surname) Dōkaku
道森 see styles	michimori みちもり	More info & calligraphy: Dawson (surname) Michimori
道諦道谛 see styles	dào dì dao4 di4 tao ti doutai / dotai どうたい	More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths: Path Leading Away From Suffering {Buddh} (See 四諦) truth of the way to the cessation of suffering mārga, the dogma of the path leading to the extinction of passion, the fourth of the four axioms, i.e. the eightfold noble path, v. 八聖道.
醫道医道 see styles	yī dào yi1 dao4 i tao idō	More info & calligraphy: Art of Healing art of healing; medical skill art of healing
人の道 see styles	hitonomichi ひとのみち	More info & calligraphy: Moral Principles Of Life (exp,n) (usu. as 人の道を外れる, 人の道に反する, etc.) moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
八正道 see styles	bā zhèng dào ba1 zheng4 dao4 pa cheng tao hasshōdō はっしょうどう	More info & calligraphy: The Noble Eightfold Path the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) (Buddhist term) noble eightfold path (八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are: (1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion. (2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose. (3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk. (4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity. (5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations. (6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa. (7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false. (8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong.