老子道徳経

Japanese
Kanji in this term
老 子 道 徳 経
ろう
Grade: 4		 し
Grade: 1		 どう
Grade: 2		 とく
Grade: 4		 きょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
老子道德經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 老子 (Rōshi, “Laozi, the ancient Chinese philosopher”) +‎ 道徳経 (Dōtokukyō, “Tao Te Ching”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːɕi do̞ːto̞kɯ̟ᵝkʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

老(ろう)子(し)道(どう)徳(とく)経(きょう) • (Rōshi Dōtokukyō) ←らうしだうとくきやう (rausi dautokukyau)?

  1. the Laozi Tao Te Ching

Usage notes

The Tao Te Ching is known in Japanese by three possible names:[1][2][3]

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. “老子道徳経”, 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
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