五経

Japanese
Kanji in this term
五 経
ご
Grade: 1		 きょう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
五經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Literary Chinese 五經 (MC nguX keng, literally “five + Chinese classics”).

First cited in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ごきょー [gòkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

五(ご)経(きょう) • (Gokyō) ←ごきやう (gokyau)?

  1. [from 720] the Five Classics of Chinese literature

See also

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
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