Word Meaning 五畿七道

ごきしちどう gokishichidou

五畿七道 is read as ごきしちどう (gokishichidou) and means the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan.

Meaning

English

the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan

Reading

Kana

ごきしちどう

Romaji

gokishichidou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 151326 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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五街道

ごかいどう

the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)

五倫の道

ごりんのみち

the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

五斗米道

ごとべいどう

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

五七桐

ごしちのきり

paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)

五七日

ごしちにち

35th day after a person's death

五七

ごしち

35th day after a person's death

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五畿内

ごきない

the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)

五畿

ごき

the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)

七道

しちどう

the seven districts of ancient Japan

近畿日本鉄道

きんきにっぽんてつどう

Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)