五体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	体
ご Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごたい [góꜜtàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) ごたい [gòtáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ta̠i]

Noun

五体(ごたい) • (gotai)

the whole body
the five styles of writing Chinese characters, namely 真書(しんしょ) (shinsho), 行書(ぎょうしょ) (gyōsho), 草書(そうしょ) (sōsho), 篆書(てんしょ) (tensho), and 隷書(れいしょ) (reisho)
the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

See also

骨身(ほねみ) (honemi)
ししむら (shishimura)
体躯(たいく) (taiku)

References

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

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