福音

Chinese
 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
 sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(福音)		 福 音

Etymology

Calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).

Pronunciation

Noun

福音

  1. (Christianity) gospel
    傳福音／传福音  ―  chuán fúyīn  ―  to spread the gospel
  2. (figurative) good news; good tidings

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (福音):
  • → Japanese: 福(ふく)音(いん) (fukuin)
  • → Korean: 복음(福音) (bogeum)
  • → Vietnamese: phúc âm (福音)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
福 音
ふく
Grade: 3		 いん
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
福音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in the early to mid-Meiji period.[1][2]

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 福音 (fúyīn), itself a calque of English gospel,[2] ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふくいん [fùkúíń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Noun

福(ふく)音(いん) • (fukuin) 

  1. (Christianity) the Gospel, good news
  2. (by extension, figurative) a gospel, good news, good tidings
    まだ生(い)きていると言(い)うのは正(まさ)に福(ふく)音(いん)だったのよ。
    Mada ikite iru to iu no wa masa ni fukuin datta no yo.
    It was truly good news to hear that she's still alive.

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “福音”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. “福音”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  5. “福音”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

Korean
Hanja in this term
福音

Noun

福音 • (bogeum) (hangeul 복음)

  1. Hanja form? of 복음 (“gospel, good news”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
福音

Noun

福音

  1. chữ Hán form of phúc âm (“gospel, good news”).
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