陰陽道

Chinese

		moonlight and sunlight; yin and yang	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. (陰陽道)		陰陽	道
simp. (阴阳道)		阴阳	道

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 陰陽道 (onmyōdō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyángdào

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyángdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyángdào
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yang²-tao⁴
  - Yale: yīn-yáng-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyangdaw
  - Palladius: иньяндао (inʹjandao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

陰陽道

Onmyodo

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	道
おん Grade: S	よう > みょう Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	道
おん Grade: S	よう > にょう Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	道
おん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
goon

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	道
いん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2
kan'on		goon

Etymology

From 陰陽 (onmyō, onnyō, on'yō, in'yō, “yin-yang”) +‎ 道 (“way”).

/omujaudau/ → /oNmjaudau/ → /oNmjɔːdɔː/ → /oNmjoːdoː/ [ommjoːdoː]

The yō reading for 陽 changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おんみょーどー [òńmyóꜜòdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [õ̞mʲːo̞ːdo̞ː]

(Tokyo) おんよーどー [òń'yóꜜòdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃jo̞ːdo̞ː]

(Tokyo) いんよーどー [ìń'yóꜜòdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ĩɰ̃jo̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

陰(おん)陽(みょう)道(どう) or 陰(おん)陽(にょう)道(どう) or 陰(おん)陽(よう)道(どう) or 陰(いん)陽(よう)道(どう) • (onmyōdō or onnyōdō or on'yōdō or in'yōdō) ^{←おんみやうだう (onmyaudau) or おんにやうだう (onnyaudau) or おんやうだう (on'yaudau) or いんやうだう (in'yaudau)^?}

a traditional body of Japanese esoteric cosmology; a mixture of natural sciences and occultism, based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing and Yin and Yang.

See also

陰(おん)陽(みょう)師(じ) (onmyōji)
式(しき)神(がみ) (shikigami)