"哲学" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [te̞t͡sɨɡa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 哲学 [canonical] (ruby: (てつ), (がく)), tetsugaku [romanization]
Etymology: 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 or Dutch filosofie. Nishi's kanji spelling 希哲學 (hirosohi) is literally calqued from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “pursuit of wisdom”, literally “love of knowledge”), apparently from the Chinese morphemes 希 (xī, “to long for”) and 哲 (zhé, “wisdom”), before he later settled with 哲學 (modernly spelt 哲学). Nishi also used the transcriptions ヒロソヒ, ヒロソヒー (hirosohī) and 斐鹵蘇比. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|哲|学|sort=てつがく|t1=clear, wise, sage|t2=study|tr1=tetsu|tr2=gaku}} 哲 (tetsu, “clear, wise, sage”) + 学 (gaku, “study”), {{coin|ja|Nishi Amane}} Coined by Nishi Amane, {{lang|ja|百一新論}} 百一新論, {{der|ja|en|philosophy|sort=てつがく}} English philosophy, {{der|ja|nl|filosofie}} Dutch filosofie, {{ncog|grc|φιλοσοφία||pursuit of wisdom|lit=love of knowledge}} Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “pursuit of wisdom”, literally “love of knowledge”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てつがく}} 哲(てつ)学(がく) • (tetsugaku)
  1. philosophy Wikipedia link: ja:哲学 Derived forms: 哲学者 (tetsugakusha) (ruby: (てつ), (がく), (しゃ)) (english: philosopher), 道徳哲学 (dōtoku tetsugaku) (ruby: (どう), (とく), (てつ), (がく)) (english: moral philosophy)
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