具体

See also: 具體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 具体 – see 具體 (“specific; particular; concrete; exact”). (This term, 具体, is the simplified form of 具體.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
具	体
ぐ Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally from Middle Chinese 具體 (gju^H thej^X, 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 the English term concrete, as opposed to abstract.[1]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ぐたい [gùtáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝta̠i]

Noun

具体 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 具體, hiragana ぐたい, rōmaji gutai)

something concrete, tangible

Derived terms

具 (ぐ)体 (たい)的 (てき) (gutaiteki): concrete, tangible (adjective)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN