合気道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	気	道
あい Grade: 2	き Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
kun'yomi	kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
合氣道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined in 1944 by the Saidan Hōjin Kōbukan (later renamed Aikikai Foundation), shortened from older 合(あい)気(き)武(ぶ)道(どう) (aiki budō, literally “spirit-meeting martial arts”).^[1] Compare synonymous 合(あい)気(き)術(じゅつ) (aikijutsu, literally “spirit-meeting technique”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あいきどー [àíkíꜜdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [a̠ikʲido̞ː]

Noun

合(あい)気(き)道(どう) • (aikidō) ^{←あひきだう (afikidau)^?}

aikido

Descendants

→ Catalan: aikido
→ Czech: aikido
→ Danish: aikido
→ English: aikido
→ Finnish: aikido
→ French: aïkido
→ German: Aikido
→ Malay: aikido
→ Polish: aikido
→ Portuguese: aikido, aikidô
→ Russian: айкидо́ (ajkidó)
→ Spanish: aikido
→ Turkish: aikido

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

^ “合気道”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

“合気道”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[1] “合気道”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

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