体育

See also: 體育

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 體育 (“physical education; sports”).
(This term is the simplified form of 體育).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
いく
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
體育 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
たいく
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
體育 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いいく [táꜜììkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟]
  • (Tokyo) いく [táꜜìkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟]

Noun

(たい)(いく) or 体育(たいく) • (taiiku or taiku

  1. physical education
  2. (by extension) physical exercise

Usage notes

  • The たいく (taiku) pronunciation is colloquially common, but proscribed. For the sound change, see 唯一(ゆいいつ) (yuiitsu), which can alternatively also be pronounced as ゆいつ (yuitsu).

Derived terms

References

  • 体育”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN