六道

Chinese

		six	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. (六道)		六	道
simp. ^#(六道)		六	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liùdào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liuk-tho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liùdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liòudào
  - Wade–Giles: liu⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: lyòu-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowdaw
  - Palladius: людао (ljudao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: luhk douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liuk-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: liug^ˋ to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liug⁵ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯uk̚² tʰo⁵⁵/

Noun

六道

(Buddhism) the six realms of existence into which souls are reborn in the cycle of samsara

Synonyms

六趣 (liùqù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	道
りく Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
六	道
ろく Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

六(りく)道(どう) • (rikudō)

Alternate reading for 六道 (ろくどう, rokudō).

六(ろく)道(どう) • (rokudō)

(Buddhism) The six planes, realms, or domains of existence into which souls are reborn in the cycle of samsara:
1. 地獄道 (じごくどう, jigokudō): hell
2. 餓鬼道 (がきどう, gakidō): life in starvation (one of the Buddhist hells)
3. 畜生道 (ちくしょうどう, chikushōdō): life as a beast
4. 人間道 (にんげんどう, ningendō) / 人道 (にんどう, nindō): life as a human
5. 阿修羅道 (あしゅらどう, ashuradō): life as a demigod
6. 天上 (てんじょう, tenjō): heaven

Note that the Theravada Buddhist tradition only recognizes five planes of existence, as Theravada does not distinguish between the ashura and heaven planes.

See also

Desire realm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (containing these six planes)
Buddhism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia