理学

See also: 理學

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 理学 – see 理學 (“Neo-Confucianism; natural sciences; science”).
(This term, 理学, is the simplified form of 理學.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
理 学
り
Grade: 2		 がく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 理學. Used for the senses of “philosophy” and “natural science” in the early Meiji period.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

理学 (hiragana りがく, rōmaji rigaku)

  1. Short for 宋明理学 (Sō-Min rigaku, “Neo-Confucianism”).[1][2][3][4][6]
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of 哲学 (tetsugaku, “philosophy”)[1][2][3]
  3. Clipping of 物理学 (butsurigaku, “physics”).[2][6]
  4. (obsolete, by extension) Synonym of 自然科学 (shizen kagaku, “natural science”)[1][2][3][4][6]
    • 2009 March 30 [Jan 23 2004], Takeuchi, Naoko, “Actアクト 30サーティ　無む限げん４フォー　SAILORURANUSセーラー　ウラヌス　天てん王おうはるか　SAILORNEPTUNEセーラー　ネプチューン　海かい王おうみちる [Act 30: Infinity 4: SAILOR URANUS Ten’ō Haruka and SAILOR NEPTUNE Kaiō Michiru]”, in 美少女戦士Pretty GuardianセーラームーンSAILORMOON [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], volume 6 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 235:
      理 (り)学 (がく)部 (ぶ)一年 (ねん)基 (き)礎 (そ)物 (ぶつ)理 (り)学 (がっ)科 (か)理 (り)論 (ろん)物 (ぶつ)理 (り)学 (がく)専 (せん)攻 (こう)　冥 (めい)王 (おう)せつなです　よろしく
      Rigakubu ichinen kiso butsurigakka riron butsurigaku senkō Meiō Setsuna desu Yoroshiku
      I’m studying theoretical physics for my first year of basic physics at the Faculty of Natural Science. My name’s Meiō Setsuna. Nice to meet you.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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