五体
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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五 | 体 |
ご Grade: 1 |
たい Grade: 2 |
goon |
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五體 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- the five parts of a body that are said to make it whole
- Meronyms: 足 (ashi, “legs”), 頭 (atama, “head”), 頸 (kubi, “neck”), 手 (te, “arms”), 胸 (mune, “torso”)
- (Buddhism) Meronyms: 頭, 両足 (ryōashi, “both arms”), 両手 (ryōte, “both legs”)
- (traditional Chinese medicine) Meronyms: 筋 (kin, “tendons”), 骨 (kotsu, “bones”), 肉 (niku, “flesh”), 脈 (myaku, “blood vessels”), 毛皮 (mōhi, “skin”)
- (calligraphy, typography) the five principal East Asian calligraphic/typographic styles of Chinese origin