哲学
See also: 哲學
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 哲学 – see 哲學 (“wisdom[-making] learning; philosophy; homosexual”). (This term is the simplified form of 哲學). |
Notes:
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 哲 | 学 |
| てつ Grade: S |
がく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 哲學 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
哲 (tetsu, “clear, wise, sage”) + 学 (gaku, “study”). Coined by Nishi Amane in his 1874 百一新論 as a translation of English philosophy or Dutch filosofie. Nishi's kanji spelling 希哲學 (hirosohi) is literally calqued from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “pursuit of wisdom”, literally “love of knowledge”), apparently from the Chinese morphemes 希 (xī, “to long for”) and 哲 (zhé, “wisdom”), before he later settled with 哲學 (modernly spelt 哲学).[1]
Nishi also used the transcriptions ヒロソヒ, ヒロソヒー (hirosohī) and 斐鹵蘇比.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúgákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [te̞t͡sɨɡa̠kɯ̟]
Noun
哲学 • (tetsugaku)
Derived terms
- 哲学者 (tetsugakusha, “philosopher”)
- 道徳哲学 (dōtoku tetsugaku, “moral philosophy”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.