体育

体育

See also: 體育

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 体育 – see 體育 (“physical education; sports”). (This term, 体育, is the simplified form of 體育.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
体	育
たい Grade: 2	いく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) た​いいく [táꜜììkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟ᵝ]

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) た​いく [táꜜìkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

体育 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 體育, hiragana たいいく, rōmaji taiiku)

1. physical education
2. (by extension) physical exercise

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 体 (たい)育 (いく)の日 (ひ) (taiiku no hi)
• 体 (たい)育 (いく)大 (だい)会 (かい) (taiiku daikai)
• 体 (たい)育 (いく)家 (か) (taiikuka, “physical educator; athlete”)

• 体 (たい)育 (いく)祭 (さい) (taiikusai)
• 体 (たい)育 (いく)館 (かん) (taiikukan, “gymnasium”)
• 保 (ほ)健 (けん)体 (たい)育 (いく) (hoken taiiku)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 體育
• → Korean: 체육 (cheyuk)
• → Vietnamese: thể dục

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.