道德

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See also: 道徳

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
 
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (道德) 道 德
simp. #(道德) 道 德

Etymology

Attested in Pre-Qin texts.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 道 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 登 (131)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒晧切 多則切
Baxter dawX tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑuX/ /tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑuX/ /tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑuX/ /tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dawX/ /tək̚/
Li
Rong 		/dɑuX/ /tək̚/
Wang
Li 		/dɑuX/ /tək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑuX/ /tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dào de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dou6 dak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 道 德
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dào dé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dawX › ‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁuʔ/ /*tˁək/
English way virtue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 道 德
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11669 17266
Phonetic
component 		首 直
Rime
group 		幽 職
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		道 德
Old
Chinese 		/*l'uːʔ/ /*tɯːɡ/

Noun

道德

  1. morality; morals; ethics
    道德教育  ―  dàodé jiàoyù  ―  moral instruction
    道德制高點／道德制高点  ―  dàodé zhìgāodiǎn  ―  moral high ground
    道德敗壞／道德败坏  ―  dàodé bàihuài  ―  moral decay
    他律道德  ―  tālǜ dàodé  ―  heteronomous morality
    有悖於傳統道德／有悖于传统道德  ―  yǒubèiyú chuántǒng dàodé  ―  to violate traditional notions of morality

Related terms

Adjective

道德

  1. moral (often used in negation)
    不道德的行為／不道德的行为  ―  bù dàodé de xíngwéi  ―  immoral behaviour

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道德):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道 德
どう
Grade: 2 		とく
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

道(どう)德(とく) • (dōtoku) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 道徳

Korean

Hanja in this term
道德

Noun

道德 • (dodeok) (hangeul 도덕)

  1. Hanja form? of 도덕 (“morality; ethics”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道德

Noun

道德

  1. chữ Hán form of đạo đức (“morality; ethics”).
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