五経
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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五 | 経 |
ご Grade: 1 |
きょう Grade: 5 |
goon |
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五經 (kyūjitai) |
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
Proper noun edit
- [from 720] the Five Classics of Chinese literature