道場

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	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (道場)		道	場
simp. (道场)		道	场

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit बोधि मण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàochǎng, dàocháng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ coeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-tiûⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàochǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàochǎng
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻang³
  - Yale: dàu-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawchaang
  - Palladius: даочан (daočan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    到場 / 到场
    道場 / 道场
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàocháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàocháng
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻang²
  - Yale: dàu-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawcharng
  - Palladius: даочан (daočan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    到場 / 到场
    道場 / 道场
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ coeng⁴
  - Yale: douh chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tō-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixdviuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/

Noun

道場

(religion) site where Buddhist or Taoist rites are conducted
(religion) such rites
(religion) territorial division where Yiguandao rites were conducted

Synonyms

(site for rites): 法場／法场 (fǎchǎng)

Derived terms

做道場 / 做道场 (zuòdàochǎng)
內道場 / 内道场
水陸道場 / 水陆道场 (shuǐlù dàochǎng)
沒酒沒漿，做甚麼道場 / 没酒没浆，做甚么道场

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	場
どう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/daudiau/ → /dɔːd͡ʑɔː/ → /doːʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 道場 (MC dawX drjang, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधि मण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーじょー [dóꜜòjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5]
(Tokyo) どーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])^[5]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑo̞ː]
Audio: (file)

Noun

道(どう)場(じょう) • (dōjō) ^{←だうぢやう (daudyau)^?}

(martial arts) dojo, training hall (place where martial arts are practiced)
(Buddhism) short for 菩提道場 (bodai-dōjō):
1. place where a buddha has achieved enlightenment
2. a building or facility for ascetic training
3. (by extension) a Buddhist temple

Derived terms

道場(どうじょう)荒(あら)し, 道場(どうじょう)荒(あ)らし (dōjō arashi)
道場破(どうじょうやぶ)り (dōjō yaburi)
坐道場(ざどうじょう), 座道場(ざどうじょう) (zadōjō)
寂(じゃく)滅(めつ)道場(どうじょう) (jakumetsu dōjō)
菩(ぼ)提(だい)道場(どうじょう) (bodai-dōjō)
本命(ほんみょう)道場(どうじょう) (honmyō dōjō)
町(まち)道場(どうじょう) (machi dōjō)

Descendants

→ English: dojo
- → Russian: додзё (dodzjó)
→ French: dojo
→ Polish: dojo

References

^ “道場”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
^ 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
^ 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	場

Noun

道場 • (dojang) (hangeul 도장)

hanja form^? of 도장 (“dojang”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道	場

Noun

道場

chữ Hán form of đạo trường (“dojo”)