美学

美学

See also: 美學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 美学 – see 美學 (“aesthetics”). (This term, 美学, is the simplified form of 美學.)

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
美	学
び Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

From 美 (bi, “beauty”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy; -ics”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) び​がく [bíꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [bʲiɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

美学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 美學, hiragana びがく, rōmaji bigaku)

1. aesthetics