具体

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See also: 具體

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 具體 (“specific; particular; concrete; exact”).
(This term is the simplified form of 具體).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
たい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
具體 (kyūjitai)
 具体 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Originally from Middle Chinese 具體 (MC 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 English concrete, as opposed to abstract.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(たい) (gutai

  1. something concrete, tangible
    Antonym: 抽象 (chūshō)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chinese: 具體具体 (jùtǐ)
  • Korean: 구체(具體) (guche)
  • Vietnamese: cụ thể

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎[1], University of Tokyo, page 17
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN