形而上学

形而上学

See also: 形而上學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 形而上学 – see 形而上學 (“metaphysics; metaphysics; etc.”). (This term, 形而上学, is the simplified form of 形而上學.)

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
形	而	上	学
けい Grade: 2	じ Jinmeiyō	じょう Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
kan’on		goon	on’yomi

Etymology

From 形而上 (keijijō, “metaphysical”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) けーじじょ​ーがく [kèéjíjóꜜògàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3][4]
  • IPA^(key): [ke̞ːʑiʑo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

形而上学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 形而上學, hiragana けいじじょうがく, rōmaji keijijōgaku, historical hiragana けいじじやうがく)

1. (philosophy) metaphysics

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3