道場

Chinese

 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (道場)
simp. (道场)

Pronunciation


Noun

道場

  1. (religion) Buddhist or Taoist rites to appease and pray for the dead
  2. site for such rites

Derived terms

  • 水陸道場水陆道场
  • 沒酒沒漿,做甚麼道場没酒没浆,做甚么道场

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/daudiau//dɔːd͡ʑɔː//doːʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 道場 (MC dɑuX ɖɨɐŋ, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, seat of wisdom).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

道場 (hiragana どうじょう, rōmaji dōjō, historical hiragana だうぢやう)

  1. (martial arts) dojo, training hall (place where martial arts are practiced)
  2. (Buddhism) Short for 菩提道場 (bodai-dōjō):
    1. place where a buddha has achieved enlightenment
    2. a building or facility for ascetic training
    3. (by extension) a Buddhist temple

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 道場”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

道場 (dojang) (hangeul 도장)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

道場

  1. Hán tự form of đạo trường (dojo).
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