神道

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	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. (神道)		神	道
simp. #(神道)		神	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-tō
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-dau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéndào
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-tao⁴
    • Yale: shén-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherndaw
    • Palladius: шэньдао (šɛnʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: sàhn douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-tō
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sindoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-dau
    • MiniDict: zen^去 dau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

神道

1. natural law; heavenly law
2. gods; spirits

   • 雖有祭祀，神道不以為重，獨以巫人神祀為重。若非神祀，魂靈安得一飽乎？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: c. 1700, 任埅 (Im Bang), 《天倪錄》

     Su yu jesa, sindo bul iwi jung, dok i muin sinsa wi jung. Yak bi sinsa, hollyeong andeuk il po ho? [Sino-Korean]

     Although there are [Confucian] sacrifices, the spirits do not regard this as important; they only consider the divine rituals of shamans to be important. If there were no shamanic rituals, how could the spirits ever satisfy their appetites?

3. spirit way; spirit road; sacred way; spirit path

Synonyms

• (spirit way): 神路 (shénlù)

Proper noun

神道

1. Shinto (religion)

Synonyms

• (Shinto): 神道教 (Shéndàojiào)

Derived terms

• 國家神道／国家神道 (Guójiā Shéndào)

 

Japanese

神道 (Shintō): the entryway to a Shintō shrine, with a torii gate, a common symbol of Shintōism.

Kanji in this term
神	道
しん Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
神道 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
神	道
しん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
神道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/sintau/ → /sintɔː/ → /sintoː/

Probably coined in Japan of components borrowed originally from Middle Chinese. Literally “the way of the gods”.

Attested at least since a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 782.

May also be encountered with the reading shindō with rendaku. However, this reading is missing from some modern references, or is indicated as an alternative reading. The 1603 Nippo Jisho also only lists xintǒ without rendaku.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んとー [shíꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnto̞ː]

• (Tokyo) し​んどー [shíꜜǹdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩndo̞ː]

Noun

神(しん)道(とう) or 神(しん)道(どう) • (shintō or shindō) ^{←しんたう (sintau)?}

1. Shintō, a religion indigenous to Japan that worships spirits
2. the gods
3. the way to one's grave, the path followed by a funeral procession to deposit remains in a grave

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 伊勢(いせ)神道(しんとう) (Ise Shintō)
• 山王(さんのう)神道(しんとう) (Sannō Shintō)
• 法華(ほっけ)神道(しんとう) (Hokke Shintō)
• 吉田(よしだ)神道(しんとう) (Yoshida Shintō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	道

Noun

神道 • (sindo) (hangeul 신도)

1. Hanja form^? of 신도 (“Shinto (religion)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	道

Noun

神道

1. chữ Hán form of Thần đạo (“Shinto (religion)”).