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具体
具体
See also: 具體
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 具体 – see 具體. (This term, 具体, is the simplified form of 具體.) |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 具 | 体 |
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ぐ Grade: 3 |
たい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Originally from Middle Chinese 具體 (gjuH thejX, literally “arrange + body”), used in Mencius's writings with a meaning close to the literal sense, the entirety is arranged, in order.[1]
Repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of the English term concrete, as opposed to abstract.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
具体 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 具體, hiragana ぐたい, romaji gutai)