具体

See also: 具體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 具体 – see 具體 (“specific; particular; concrete; exact”). (This term is the simplified form of 具體).

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
具	体
ぐ Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
具體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Originally from Middle Chinese 具體／具体 (gju^H thej^X, literally “arrange + body”), used in Mencius's writings with a meaning close to the literal sense, the entirety is arranged, in order.

Repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of English concrete, as opposed to abstract.

Noun

1. something concrete, tangible

   Antonym: 抽象 (chūshō)

Derived terms

• 具(ぐ)体(たい)的(てき) (gutaiteki): concrete, tangible (adjective)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 具體／具体 (jùtǐ)
• → Korean: 구체 (guche)
• → Vietnamese: cụ thể