See also: 形而上學

Chinese edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2

Jinmeiyō
じょう
Grade: 1
がく
Grade: 1
kan’on goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
形而上學 (kyūjitai)
 形而上学 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From (けい)()(じょう) (keijijō, metaphysical) + (がく) (-gaku, -logy; -graphy).[1][2]

Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, Dictionary of Philosophy) as a translation of English metaphysics, based on the phrase 形而上者謂之道,形而下者謂之器 in the Book of Changes (易經).[3][4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(けい)()(じょう)(がく) (keijijōgakuけいじじやうがく (keizizyaugaku)?

  1. (philosophy) metaphysics

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙[1], University of Tokyo, page 54
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN