道義

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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
 
justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (道義)
simp. (道义)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (31)
Final () (89) (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dawX ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑuX/ /ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑuX/ /ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑuX/ /ŋiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dawX/ /ŋjiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/dɑuX/ /ŋjeH/
Wang
Li
/dɑuX/ /ŋǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑuX/ /ŋie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou6 ji6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dào
Middle
Chinese
‹ dawX › ‹ ngjeH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁuʔ/ /*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English way duty; justice

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11669 13045
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'uːʔ/ /*ŋrals/

Noun

道義

  1. morality and justice

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道義):

See also