どうがく
Meanings
Noun
1. ethics; moral philosophy
2. (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism)
3. (study of) Taoism
4. Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
Pitch accent
うがく
Composed of
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
Taoist; moralist