武芸

See also: 武藝 and 武艺

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
げい
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
武藝 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 武藝 (MC mjuX ngjiejH). Compare modern Min Nan reading bú-gē.

First cited to a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 704 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(げい) • (bugei) 

  1. [from 704] martial arts

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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
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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