道場

Chinese

 
direction; way; method
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
courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (道場)
simp. (道场)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, seat of wisdom)

Pronunciation


Noun

道場

  1. (religion) site where Buddhist or Taoist rites are conducted
  2. (religion) such rites

Synonyms

Derived terms

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 dawX drjang, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, seat of wisdom).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(どう)(じょう) • (dōjō) だうぢやう (daudyau)?

  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

  • English: dojo
  • French: dojo
  • Polish: dojo

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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

道場 • (dojang) (hangeul 도장)

  1. Hanja form? of 도장 (dojang).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

道場

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