五経

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
五	経
ご Grade: 1	きょう Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
五經 (kyūjitai)

五経 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese, in turn from Literary Chinese 五經 (MC nguX keng, literally “five + Chinese classics”).

First cited in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ごきょー [gòkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun edit

五(ご)経(きょう) • (Gokyō) ^{←ごきやう (gokyau)^?}

[from 720] the Five Classics of Chinese literature

See also edit

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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