科学

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See also: 科學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 科學 (“science; scientific; systematic; methodical”).
(This term is the simplified form of 科學).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
がく
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
科學 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

/kʷaɡaku//kaɡaku/

First attested in the mid-Meiji period as a translation of English science.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements (ka, field) +‎ (-gaku, school, study).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がく) (kagakuくわがく (kwagaku)?

  1. science
    (てい)(きょう)()(がく)(だい)(がく)
    Teikyō Kagaku Daigaku
    Teikyo University of Science
  2. a field of study

Usage notes

Sometimes pronounced as しな学 (shinagaku) in order to differentiate from the homophone and phonetically identical 化学 (kagaku, chemistry). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ 科学”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 科学”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  5. 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ 科学”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  7. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  8. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN