五体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	体
ご Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
五體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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

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

• 五(ご)体(たい)付(づ)け (gotaizuke)
• 五(ご)体(たい)投(とう)地(ち) (gotai tōchi)
• 五(ご)臓(ぞう) (gozō)