体操

See also: 體操

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 體操 (“gymnastics”).
(This term, 体操, is the simplified form of 體操).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
そう
Grade: 6
goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
體操 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Apparently coined in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of (tai, body) + (, control, manipulate). First cited in education-related materials from the early Meiji Period in the early 1870s, as part of educational reforms that included the addition of physical education to school curricula.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(たい)(そう) • (taisō) たいさう (taisau)?

  1. [from 1873] gymnastics, exercises, calisthenics
    テレビを()ながら体操(たいそう)をする
    terebi o mi nagara taisō o suru
    do exercises while watching TV
  2. [1873 to late 1940s] (archaic, education) physical education, PE (replaced by the term 体育 (taiiku))

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: taiso

See also

Verb

(たい)(そう)する • (taisō suru) たいさう (taisau)?suru (stem (たい)(そう) (taisō shi), past (たい)(そう)した (taisō shita))

  1. do gymnastics, exercises, calisthenics

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 体操”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. 体操”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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