道具

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
trad. (道具)		道	具
simp. ^#(道具)		道	具

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàojù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ geoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tǒ͘-kū / tō-kū / tō-kī

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ gu⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau-ciu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàojù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàojyù
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chü⁴
  - Yale: dàu-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawjiuh
  - Palladius: даоцзюй (daoczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ geoi⁶
  - Yale: douh geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘-kū
  - Tâi-lô: tǒo-kū
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-kū
  - Tâi-lô: tō-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-kī
  - Tâi-lô: tō-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ ki²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶ gu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău kŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ ku³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau-ciu
  - MiniDict: dau^去 ciu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-jy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: dawX gjuH

Rime
Character	道	具
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒晧切	其遇切
Baxter	dawX	gjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu^X/	/ɡɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu^X/	/ɡio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu^X/	/ɡio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw^X/	/guə̆^H/
Li Rong	/dɑu^X/	/ɡio^H/
Wang Li	/dɑu^X/	/ɡĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu^X/	/gi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou⁶	geoi⁶

Noun

道具

(theater, film, or generally) prop; theatrical property
(video games) item
(Buddhism) implement (an accessory that aids one in the Way)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道具):

→ Japanese: 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)
→ Korean: 도구(道具) (dogu)
→ Vietnamese: đạo cụ (道具)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “道具” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	具
どう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーぐ [dòógúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɡɯ̟]

Noun

道(どう)具(ぐ) • (dōgu)

tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
a means, something used to perform an operation

Synonyms

用(よう)具(ぐ) (yōgu)

Hyponyms

工(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu), 農(のう)具(ぐ) (nōgu)

References

^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	具

Noun

道具 • (dogu) (hangeul 도구)

hanja form^? of 도구 (“instrument, tool, kit”)