Confucianism

English

Etymology

Confucian +‎ -ism

Noun

Confucianism (countable and uncountable, plural Confucianisms)

1. The philosophy and teaching of Confucius.
2. The school of thought and philosophy centered on Confucian principles, originating in China, including later teachings of scholars such as Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi).
3. A saying, epithet or idea attributed to Confucius.

Synonyms

• Ruism

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• Confucian
• Confucianist

Translations

philosophy

• Arabic: كُونْفُشْيُوسِيَة f (kūnfušyūsiya)
• Catalan: confucianisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 儒教 (jyu⁴ gaau³), 儒家思想 (jyu⁴ gaa¹ si¹ soeng²), 孔教 (hung² gaau³), 儒學／儒学 (jyu⁴ hok⁶), 儒学 (jyu⁴ hok⁶)

  Hakka: 儒教 (yì-kau), 儒家思想 (yì-kâ sṳ̂-sióng)

  Mandarin: 儒教 (zh) (rújiào), 儒家思想 (zh) (rújiā sīxiǎng), 孔教 (zh) (kǒngjiào), 儒學／儒学 (zh) (rúxué), 儒学 (zh) (rúxué)

  Min Nan: 儒教 (Jû-kàu, Lû-kàu), 儒家思想 (Jû-ka su-sióng, Lû-ka su-sióng), 儒學／儒学, 儒学 (Jû-ha̍k, Lû-ha̍k)

• Danish: konfucianisme c
• Dutch: confucianisme (nl)
• Finnish: kungfutselaisuus (fi), konfutselaisuus (fi)
• French: confucianisme (fr) m
• German: Konfuzianismus (de) m
• Greek: κομφουκιανισμός (el) m (komfoukianismós)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
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• Hungarian: konfucianizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: konfúsíusismi m
• Japanese: 儒教 (ja) (じゅきょう, jukyō), 儒学 (ja) (じゅがく, jugaku), 孔教 (こうきょう, kōkyō)
• Korean: 유교 (ko) (yugyo) (儒敎 (ko)), 유학 (ko) (yuhak) (儒學 (ko)), 공교 (gonggyo) (孔敎)
• Polish: konfucjanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: confucionismo (pt) m, confucianismo (pt) m
• Russian: конфуциа́нство (ru) n (konfuciánstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: konfucijanizam (sh) m

• Spanish: confucianismo m
• Swedish: konfucianism (sv) c
• Thai: ลัทธิขงจื๊อ (th) (lát-tí kŏng-jéu)
• Urdu: کنفیوشس مت m (kanfuśas mat)
• Vietnamese: Nho giáo (vi) (儒教), Nho học (vi) (儒學), Khổng giáo (vi) (孔教), đạo Nho, đạo Khổng