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onmyodo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
on-my-o-do
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.

Etymology

Japanese 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō おんみょうどう), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (ʔim-yang "yin-yang") + 道 (dáu "Way").

Inflected Forms

Onmyōdō (alternative)

Questions

What does onmyodo mean?
A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.
Where does onmyodo come from?
Japanese 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō おんみょうどう), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (ʔim-yang "yin-yang") + 道 (dáu "Way").

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