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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-dau

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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-dau
  - MiniDict: zen^去 dau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

神道

natural law; heavenly law
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?
spirit way; spirit road; sacred way; spirit path

Synonyms

(spirit way): 神路 (shénlù)

Proper noun

神道

Shinto (religion)

Synonyms

(Shinto): 神道教 (Shéndàojiào)

Derived terms

國家神道 / 国家神道 (Guójiā Shéndào)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

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

Alternative spelling
(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.^[1]

May also be encountered with the reading shindō with rendaku.^[2] However, this reading is missing from some modern references,^[1]^[3] or is indicated as an alternative reading.^[4]^[5] The 1603 Nippo Jisho also only lists xintǒ without rendaku.^[6]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんとー [shíꜜǹtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[3]^[5]
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)^?}

Shintō, a religion indigenous to Japan whose adherents worship spirits
the gods
the way to one's grave, the path followed by a funeral procession to deposit remains in a grave

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)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎^[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, visible online here in Google Books, last entry in the right-hand column

Korean

Hanja in this term
神	道

Noun

神道 • (sindo) (hangeul 신도)

hanja form^? of 신도 (“Shinto (religion)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	道

Noun

神道

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

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[6] Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎^[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, visible online here in Google Books, last entry in the right-hand column

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