道具

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)		道	具
simp. #(道具)		道	具

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàojù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ geoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tǒ͘-kū / tō-kū / tō-kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ gu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau-ciu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàojù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàojyù
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: dàu-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawjiuh
    • Palladius: даоцзюй (daoczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ geoi⁶
    • Yale: douh geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘-kū
    • Tâi-lô: tǒo-kū
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² ku⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-kū
    • Tâi-lô: tō-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixku
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tō-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ ki²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁶ gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dau-ciu
    • MiniDict: dau^去 ciu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-jy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dawX gjuH

Rime
Character	道	具
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒晧切	其遇切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑuX/	/gi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào	jù
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):

• → Japanese: 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)
• → Korean: 도구(道具) (dogu)
• → Vietnamese: đạo cụ (道具)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “道具” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	具
どう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーぐ [dòógúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɡɯ̟]

Noun

道(どう)具(ぐ) • (dōgu) 

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

Synonyms

• 用(よう)具(ぐ) (yōgu)

Hyponyms

• 工(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu), 農(のう)具(ぐ) (nōgu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	具

Noun

道具 • (dogu) (hangeul 도구)

1. hanja form^? of 도구 (“instrument, tool, kit”)