noun

  1. Buddhist term.tirthika, non-Buddhist teachings, non-Buddhist.
  2. heterodoxy, unorthodoxy, heresy, heretic.
  3. demon, devil, fiend, brute, wretch. Oft. used as a pejorative.
  4. type of fish one did not intend to catch.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
外道 げどう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

outside
ガイ そと はず.す (2nd, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
road-way, street, district
みち ドウ ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび シュ おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)