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主義

主義

See also: 主义

Chinese

 
to own; to host; master; lord; primary
justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (主義)
simp. (主义)

Noun

主義

  1. doctrine; ideology; -ism

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主義):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 主義 (tsyuX ngjeH, principle, set belief). The word was already in use in Chinese with this meaning in the 史記 (Shǐjì, Records of the Grand Historian), completed around 100 BCE.

Pronunciation

Noun

主義 (hiragana しゅぎ, romaji shugi)

  1. a principle or set of principles; a doctrine; an ism
    あの (ひと) (しゅ) () (もと)づいて (けい) (やく) (きょ) (ぜつ)するはずです。
    Ano hito wa shugi ni motozuite keiyaku o kyozetsu suru hazu desu.
    I expect they will reject the contract on principle.

Suffix

主義 (hiragana しゅぎ, romaji -shugi)

  1. -ism

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

主義 (juui) (hangeul 주의)

  1. Hanja form? of 주의, “-ism”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

主義

  1. Hán tự form of chủ nghĩa, “-ism; doctrine