ろくどう
Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
Kanji used
six
roadway
Pitch accent
どう
Composed of
six; 6
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
four kinds of birth in the six destinies