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The Old Way / Old School
古道 is the Japanese word meaning “The Old Way.” The first character means old or ancient. The second character means “the way” and is the same character as used in Taoism / Daoism (Taoism literally means “the way”).
This second character can also be translated as “method,” as in a way of doing things.
古道 is sometimes Romanized as “Kodo,” though officially, the Romaji should be “Kodou.”
My Japanese-English dictionary further translates this word as the old road, ancient methods, ancient moral teachings, and the way of learning.
Note that this would be understood differently in Chinese. Most Chinese people would just read this as “The old road” without the other meanings derived in Japanese.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
古道 see styles |
gǔ dào gu3 dao4 ku tao kodou; furumichi / kodo; furumichi こどう; ふるみち |
More info & calligraphy: The Old Way / Old School(1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi |
光堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
公堂 see styles |
gōng táng gong1 tang2 kung t`ang kung tang koudou / kodo こうどう |
law court; hall (in castle); CL:家[jia1] (given name) Kōdou |
功洞 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
古洞 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodou |
古童 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodou |
孝堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
小堂 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(surname) Kodou |
岡堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
幸堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(surname) Kōdou |
弧道 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodō |
慊堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(personal name) Kōdou |
慊洞 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(personal name) Kōdou |
晃堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
浩堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
浩洞 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
滸堂 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodou |
皓堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
紅堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(personal name) Kōdou |
紅童 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
耕堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
胡同 see styles |
hú tòng hu2 tong4 hu t`ung hu tung fuuton; kodou / futon; kodo フートン; こどう |
lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2] hutong (narrow street or alley in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, esp. Beijing) (chi:) |
胡堂 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(surname, given name) Kodou |
菰堂 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodou |
虎童 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(given name) Kodou |
虚堂 see styles |
kodou / kodo こどう |
(personal name) Kodou |
講堂 讲堂 see styles |
jiǎng táng jiang3 tang2 chiang t`ang chiang tang koudou / kodo こうどう |
lecture hall; CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] auditorium; lecture hall; (surname) Kōdou The preaching hall, lecture hall. |
革堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(place-name) Kōdou |
香堂 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
香童 see styles |
koudou / kodo こうどう |
(given name) Kōdou |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Old Way Old School | 古道 | kodou / kodo | ||
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