花道

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (花道)		花	道
simp. #(花道)		花	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huādào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huādào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huadào
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: hwā-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huadaw
    • Palladius: хуадао (xuadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: fā douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

花道

1. flower arrangement; ikebana

Synonyms

• 插花 (chāhuā)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

華道

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ikebana

Wikipedia

花道 (kadō): a formal flower arrangement in the Enshū-ryū style of ikebana.

Kanji in this term
花	道
か Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

/kwadau/ → /kwadɔː/ → /kwadoː/ → /kadoː/

From Middle Chinese 花道 (MC xwae dawX).

Alternative forms

• 華道(かどう) (kadō)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かどー [káꜜdòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠do̞ː]

Noun

花(か)道(どう) • (kadō) ^{←くわだう (kwadau)?}

1. flower arrangement, ikebana

Usage notes

This term became more common during the Edo period as a synonym for ikebana, but with an emphasis on the elements of mental discipline.^[1][2][3]

The 華道 spelling may be more common for the kadō reading, to more clearly distinguish from the hanamichi reading below.

Etymology 2

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

花道

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Hanamichi

Wikipedia

花道 (hanamichi): the hanamichi at the National Theatre of Japan, along the left side of the theater.

Kanji in this term
花	道
はな Grade: 1	みち Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 道 (michi, “road, way”).^[1][2][4]

Likely derives from the early use of a hanamichi as a kind of walkway from the stage down into the audience, giving performers access to the audience in order to receive flowers.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はなみち [hànáꜜmìchì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠mʲit͡ɕi]

Noun

花(はな)道(みち) • (hanamichi) 

1. (theater) an extension of a stage that stretches into the audience, usually only in kabuki and most often along the left side of the theater, used mainly to enter and exit the stage

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. “花道”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN