哲学

See also: 哲學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 哲学 – see 哲學 (“philosophy”). (This term, 哲学, is the simplified form of 哲學.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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.

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- (Tokyo) てつがく [tètsúgákú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [te̞t͡sɨᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

哲学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 哲學, hiragana てつがく, rōmaji tetsugaku)

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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