形而上学 in Japanese

IPA: [ke̞ːʑiʑo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟] Forms: 形而上学 [canonical] (ruby: 形(けい), 而(じ), 上(じょう), 学(がく)), keijijōgaku [romanization], keizizyaugaku [romanization], けいじじやうがく [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From 形(けい)而(じ)上(じょう) (keijijō, “metaphysical”) + 学(がく) (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”). 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》). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|形%而%上|けい%じ%じょう|学|-がく|t1=metaphysical|t2=-logy; -graphy}} 形(けい)而(じ)上(じょう) (keijijō, “metaphysical”) + 学(がく) (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”), {{coinage|ja|Q382335|in=1881}} Coined by Japanese philosopher Inoue Tetsujirō in 1881, {{lw|ja|哲学字彙|t=Dictionary of Philosophy|tr=Tetsugaku Jii}} 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”), {{noncog|en|metaphysics}} English metaphysics Head templates: {{ja-noun|けいじじょうがく|hhira=けいじじやうがく}} 形(けい)而(じ)上(じょう)学(がく) • (keijijōgaku) ^(←けいじじやうがく (keizizyaugaku)?)

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"形而上学" meaning in Japanese

Noun

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