だう
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
だう
– see the following entries.
【
道
どう
】
2
[noun]
Tao
(
the way of nature
)
,
Taoism
[noun]
(
chiefly historical
)
a region of Japan consisting of multiple
provinces
or
prefectures
[proper noun]
a
surname
[prefix]
Short for
北
(
ほっ
)
海
(
かい
)
道
(
どう
)
(
Hokkaidō
)
【
鐃
どう
】
H
[noun]
in ancient China, a
gong
used in the
army
to signal the
drumming
to stop
[noun]
(
Buddhism
)
a kind of
gong
used at Buddhist temples
(This term,
だう
(
dau
)
, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as
だう
, see Category:Japanese kanji read as だう.)