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博学

博学

See also: 博學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 博學.
(This term, 博学, is the simplified form of 博學.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 4
がく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 博學 (puak ɣɔk̚, literally broad + study). Compare modern Min Nan reading phok-ha̍k, Cantonese bok3 hok6.

Pronunciation

Adjective

博学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 博學, -na inflection, hiragana はくがく, romaji hakugaku)

  1. erudite

Inflection

Noun

博学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 博學, hiragana はくがく, romaji hakugaku)

  1. erudition

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3