五経

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
五 経
ご
Grade: 1 		きょう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
五經 (kyūjitai)
 五経 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Literary Chinese 五經 (MC nguX keng, literally “five + Chinese classics”).

First cited in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

五(ご)経(きょう) • (Gokyō) ←ごきやう (Gokyau)?

  1. the Five Classics of Chinese literature

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)
五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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