合気道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	気	道
あい Grade: 2	き Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
kun'yomi	kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
合氣道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined in 1944 by the Saidan Hōjin Kōbukan (later renamed Aikikai Foundation), shortened from older 合(あい)気(き)武(ぶ)道(どう) (aiki budō, literally “spirit-meeting martial arts”). Compare synonymous 合(あい)気(き)術(じゅつ) (aikijutsu, literally “spirit-meeting technique”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいきどー [àíkíꜜdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ikʲido̞ː]

Noun

合(あい)気(き)道(どう) • (aikidō) ^{←あひきだう (afikidau)?}

1. aikido

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: aikido
• → Czech: aikido
• → Danish: aikido
• → English: aikido
• → Finnish: aikido
• → French: aïkido
• → German: Aikido
• → Malay: aikido
• → Polish: aikido
• → Portuguese: aikido, aikidô
• → Russian: айкидо́ (ajkidó)
• → Spanish: aikido
• → Turkish: aikido

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

• “合気道”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025