具体

See also: 具體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 具体 – see 具體 (“specific; particular; concrete; exact”). (This term is the simplified form of 具體).
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
具	体
ぐ Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
具體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Originally from Middle Chinese 具體 (MC gjuH thejX, literally “arrange + body”), used in Mencius's writings with a meaning close to the literal sense, the entirety is arranged, in order.^[1]

Repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of English concrete, as opposed to abstract.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐたい [gùtáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ta̠i]

Noun

具(ぐ)体(たい) • (gutai)

something concrete, tangible
Antonym: 抽象 (chūshō)

Derived terms

具(ぐ)体(たい)案(あん) (gutaian)
具(ぐ)体(たい)音(おん)楽(がく) (gutai ongaku)
具(ぐ)体(たい)化(か) (gutaika)
具(ぐ)体(たい)概(がい)念(ねん) (gutai gainen)
具(ぐ)体(たい)策(さく) (gutaisaku)
具(ぐ)体(たい)性(せい) (gutaisei)
具(ぐ)体(たい)的(てき) (gutaiteki): concrete, tangible (adjective)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 具體 / 具体 (jùtǐ)
→ Korean: 구체(具體) (guche)
→ Vietnamese: cụ thể

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎^[1], University of Tokyo, page 17
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[2] Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎^[1], University of Tokyo, page 17

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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