琴棋書画
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |||
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琴 | 棋 | 書 | 画 |
きん Grade: S |
き Grade: S |
しょ Grade: 2 |
が Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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琴棋書畫 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
edit- From Middle Chinese 琴棋書畫/琴棋书画 (qínqíshūhuà). Literally "Koto, go, calligraphy and painting".
Proverb
edit琴棋書画 • (kinkishoga)
- He who is poorly versed in koto, go, calligraphy or painting is not a person of taste.
References
edit- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 琴 read as きん
- Japanese terms spelled with 棋 read as き
- Japanese terms spelled with 書 read as しょ
- Japanese terms spelled with 画 read as が
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji