形而上学

See also: 形而上學

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 形而上学 – see 形而上學 (“metaphysics; metaphysics; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 形而上學).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
形 而 上 学
けい
Grade: 2		 じ
Jinmeiyō		 じょう
Grade: 1		 がく
Grade: 1
kan’on goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
形而上學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 形(けい)而(じ)上(じょう) (keijijō, “metaphysical”) + 学(がく) (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”).[1][2]

Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881 in his work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) as a translation of English metaphysics, based on the phrase 形而上者謂之道，形而下者謂之器 in the Book of Changes (《易經》).[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けーじじょ​ーがく [kèéjíjóꜜògàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][5][6]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːʑiʑo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

形(けい)而(じ)上(じょう)学(がく) • (keijijōgaku) ←けいじじやうがく (keizizyaugaku)?

  1. (philosophy) metaphysics

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎, University of Tokyo, page 54
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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