杖道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杖	道
じょう Jinmeiyō	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーどー [jòódóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

杖(じょう)道(どう) • (jōdō) ^{←ぢやうだう (dyaudau)?}

1. a traditional Japanese martial art using a shortened staff: a kind of stick fighting

Synonyms

• 杖術(じょうじゅつ) (jōjutsu)

Related terms

• 武術(ぶじゅつ) (bujutsu): martial arts in general, both armed and unarmed
• 武器術(ぶきじゅつ) (bukijutsu): armed martial arts
• 体術(たいじゅつ) (taijutsu): (generally unarmed) martial arts

See also

• 杖道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Jōdō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stick fighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN