美学

See also: 美學

Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	学
び Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
美學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) び​がく [bíꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

美(び)学(がく) • (bigaku) 

1. aesthetics