五体

Japanese
Kanji in this term
五 体
ご
Grade: 1		 たい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
五體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

五(ご)体(たい) • (gotai) 

  1. the five parts of a body that are said to make it whole
    Meronyms: 足 (ashi, “legs”), 頭 (atama, “head”), 頸 (kubi, “neck”), 手 (te, “arms”), 胸 (mune, “torso”)
    (Buddhism) Meronyms: 頭, 両足 (ryōashi, “both arms”), 両手 (ryōte, “both legs”)
    (traditional Chinese medicine) Meronyms: 筋 (kin, “tendons”), 骨 (kotsu, “bones”), 肉 (niku, “flesh”), 脈 (myaku, “blood vessels”), 毛皮 (mōhi, “skin”)
  2. (calligraphy, typography) the five principal East Asian calligraphic/typographic styles of Chinese origin
    Meronyms: 行書 (gyōsho, “semicursive”), 真書 (shinsho, “regular”), 草書 (sōsho, “cursive”), 篆書 (tensho, “seal”), 隷書 (reisho, “clerical”)
    Meronyms: 古文 (kobun, “ancient”), 小篆 (shōten, “small seal”), 大篆 (daiten, “large seal”), 八分 (happun, “bafen”), 隷書

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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