道具

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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)
simp. #(道具)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (30)
Final () (89) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dawX gjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑuX/ /ɡɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑuX/ /ɡioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑuX/ /ɡioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dawX/ /guə̆H/
Li
Rong
/dɑuX/ /ɡioH/
Wang
Li
/dɑuX/ /ɡĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑuX/ /gi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou6 geoi6

Noun

道具

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道具):

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
goon
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Pronunciation

Noun

(どう)() (dōgu

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

Synonyms

Hyponyms

References

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

道具 (dogu) (hangeul 도구)

  1. Hanja form? of 도구 (instrument, tool, kit).