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: 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
哲	学
てつ Grade: S	がく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
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.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúgákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞t͡sɨɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

哲(てつ)学(がく) • (tetsugaku) 

1. philosophy

Derived terms

• 哲(てつ)学(がく)者(しゃ) (tetsugakusha, “philosopher”)
• 道(どう)徳(とく)哲(てつ)学(がく) (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.