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道家 (どうか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

道どう家か

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Meanings

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Refers to a follower or practitioner of Taoism. Can also be used attributively.

彼かれは熱ねっ心しんな道どう家かだ。
He is a devoted Taoist.
道どう家かの思し想

Kanji

道road-way, street, district
家house, home, family

Related words

道どう教きょう
道教 refers to Taoism as a religion or philosophical system, while 道家 refers to a person who follows it.

Word family

そう

は

中ちゅう

国ごく

哲てつ

学がく

に

大おお

きな

影えい

響きょう

を

与あた

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た

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Taoist thought had a great influence on Chinese philosophy.

書しょ

道どう

家か

calligrapher

柔じゅう道どう家か

judo practitioner; judoka

武ぶ道どう家か

martial artist

合あい気き道どう家か

aikido practitioner

Etymology

From Chinese 道家 (dàojiā), meaning 'Taoist' or 'school of the Way'.