柔道

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Chinese

		soft	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. (柔道)		柔	道
simp. ^#(柔道)		柔	道

Wikipedia has articles on:

柔道 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
judo (English)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róudào

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ dou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiû-tō / liû-tō / liû-tō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róudào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róudào
  - Wade–Giles: jou²-tao⁴
  - Yale: róu-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roudaw
  - Palladius: жоудао (žoudao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ dou⁶
  - Yale: yàuh douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû-tō
  - Tâi-lô: jiû-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiu'doi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziu²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-tō
  - Tâi-lô: liû-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu'doi
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² to²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: liû-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu'do
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/

Noun

柔道

judo

Further reading

“Judo: martial arts neologism or ancient philosophical term?” by Victor Mair (2021-10-18), published by Language Log

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

柔道

Kanji in this term
柔	道
じゅう Grade: S	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅうどー (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

柔(じゅう)道(どう) • (jūdō) ^{←じうだう (ziudau)^?}

judo

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Chinese: 柔道 (róudào)
→ Danish: judo
→ English: judo
→ Korean: 유도 (yudo)
→ Portuguese: judô, judo
→ Russian: дзюдо́ (dzjudó)
→ Ukrainian: дзюдо́ (dzjudó)
→ Vietnamese: nhu đạo

See also

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
柔	道

Noun

柔道 • (yudo) (hangeul 유도)

hanja form^? of 유도 (“judo”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
柔	道

Noun

柔道

chữ Hán form of nhu đạo (“judo”).

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