柔道

Chinese

		soft	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (柔道)		柔	道
simp. #(柔道)		柔	道

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róudào

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiû-tō / liû-tō / liû-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róudào
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róudào
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-tao⁴
    • Yale: róu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roudaw
    • Palladius: жоудао (žoudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: yàuh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû-tō
    • Tâi-lô: jiû-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiu'doi
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³⁻²² to²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziu²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-tō
    • Tâi-lô: liû-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'doi
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: liû-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'do
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/

Noun

柔道

1. judo

Further reading

• “Judo: martial arts neologism or ancient philosophical term?” by Victor Mair (2021-10-18), published by Language Log

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柔	道
じゅう Grade: S	どう Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうどー [júꜜùdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨːdo̞ː]

Noun

柔(じゅう)道(どう) • (jūdō) ^{←じうだう (ziudau)?}

1. judo

Derived terms

• 柔道家(じゅうどうか) (jūdōka)
• 柔道着(じゅうどうぎ) (jūdōgi)
• 柔道場(じゅうどうじょう) (jūdōjō)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဂျူဒို (gyudui)
• → Chinese: 柔道 (róudào)
• → Danish: judo
• → English: judo
• → Georgian: ძიუდო (ʒiudo)
• → Korean: 유도 (yudo)
• → Portuguese: judô, judo
• → Russian: дзюдо́ (dzjudó)
• → Ukrainian: дзюдо́ (dzjudó)
• → Vietnamese: nhu đạo

See also

• 黒帯(くろおび) (kuroobi): black belt
• 一本(いっぽん) (ippon): ippon
• 技(わざ)あり (wazaari): waza-ari
• 有効(ゆうこう) (yūkō): yuko
• 効果(こうか) (kōka): koka
• 柔術(じゅうじゅつ) (jūjutsu): jujutsu, jujitsu

References

• “柔道”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
柔	道

Noun

柔道 • (yudo) (hangeul 유도)

1. hanja form^? of 유도 (“judo”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
柔	道

Noun

柔道

1. chữ Hán form of nhu đạo (“judo”)