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Chinese
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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)
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道
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德
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| simp. #(道德)
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道
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德
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Etymology
Attested in Pre-Qin texts.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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道
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德
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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dào
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dé
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dawX ›
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‹ tok ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuʔ/
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/*tˁək/
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| English
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way
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virtue
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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道
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德
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11669
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17266
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Phonetic
component
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首
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直
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Rime
group
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幽
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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道
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德
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'uːʔ/
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/*tɯːɡ/
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Noun
道德
- 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
Adjective
道德
- moral (often used in negation)
- 不道德的行為／不道德的行为 ― bù dàodé de xíngwéi ― immoral behaviour
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 道德 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 道德, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
道德 • (dodeok) (hangeul 도덕)
- hanja form? of 도덕 (“morality; ethics”)
Vietnamese
Noun
道德
- chữ Hán form of đạo đức (“morality; ethics”).