心理学

See also: 心理學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 心理学 – see 心理學 (“psychology”). (This term is the simplified form of 心理學).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

心理学 on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative spelling
心理學 (kyūjitai)

Originally a Calque of English mental philosophy, and psychology is calqued as 性理学 (seirigaku, “psychology”), but the two words conflated into one word after 1877.^[1]

心(しん)理(り)学(がく) • (shinrigaku)

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