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

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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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 神道

1. natural law; heavenly law
2. gods; spirits
3. spirit way; spirit road; sacred way; spirit path
4. Shinto (religion)

(deprecated template usage)

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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
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/sintau/ → /sintɔː/ → /sintoː/

Probably coined in Japan of components borrowed originally from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese. Literally “the way of the gods”.

Noun

神(しん)道(とう) • (shintō) ^{←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

• 伊勢神道(いせしんとう) (Ise Shintō)
• 山王神道(さんのうしんとう) (Sannō Shintō)
• 法華神道(ほっけしんとう) (Hokke Shintō)
• 吉田神道(よしだしんとう) (Yoshida Shintō)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
神	道

Noun

神道 • (sindo) (hangeul 신도)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	道

Noun

神道

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