体育

See also: 體育

Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
体	育
たい Grade: 2	いく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
體育 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
体	育
たいく
Grade: 2	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spelling
體育 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) たいく [táꜜìkù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

体(たい)育(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

• 体(たい)育(いく)の日(ひ) (taiiku no hi)
• 体(たい)育(いく)大(だい)会(かい) (taiiku daikai)
• 体(たい)育(いく)家(か) (taiikuka, “physical educator; athlete”)
• 体(たい)育(いく)祭(さい) (taiikusai, “sports festival held at a school”)
• 体(たい)育(いく)館(かん) (taiikukan, “gymnasium”)
• 保(ほ)健(けん)体(たい)育(いく) (hoken taiiku)
• 体(たい)育(いく)座(ずわ)り (taiikuzuwari, “sitting while holding one's knees”)

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