# 科学
## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 科学 – see 科學 (“science; scientific; systematic; methodical”). (This term is the simplified form of 科學).
* 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 :
| 科 | 学 |
| か Grade: 2 | がく Grade: 1 |
| goon ||
* Alternative spelling
* 科學 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

/kʷaɡaku/ → /kaɡaku/
First attested in the mid-Meiji period as a translation of English science.
Coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements 科 (ka, “field”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “school, study”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かがく [káꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟]
* Homophone: 化学

### Noun

科(か)学(がく) • (kagaku)
* science
    帝(てい)京(きょう)科(か)学(がく)大(だい)学(がく)
       Teikyō Kagaku Daigaku
       Teikyo University of Science
* a field of study

#### Usage notes

Sometimes pronounced as しな学 (shinagaku) in order to differentiate from the homophone and phonetically identical 化学 (kagaku, “chemistry”). (Can we verify this sense?)

#### Derived terms

* 科(か)学(がく)衛星(えいせい) (kagaku eisei)
* 科(か)学(がく)革命(かくめい) (kagaku kakumei)
* 科(か)学(がく)技(ぎ)術(じゅつ) (kagaku gijutsu)
* 科(か)学(がく)教育(きょういく) (kagaku kyōiku)
* 科(か)学(がく)警察(けいさつ)研究(けんきゅう)所(しょ) (Kagaku Keisatsu Kenkyū-sho)
* 科(か)学(がく)研究(けんきゅう)費(ひ)補助金(ほじょきん) (kagaku kenkyūhi hojokin)
* 科(か)学(がく)史(し) (kagakushi)
* 科(か)学(がく)者(しゃ) (kagakusha)
* 科(か)学(がく)小説(しょうせつ) (kagaku shōsetsu, “science fiction”)
* 科(か)学(がく)的(てき) (kagaku-teki, “scientific”)
* 科(か)学(がく)博物館(はくぶつかん) (kagaku hakubutsukan)
* 科(か)学(がく)戦(せん) (kagaku-sen)
* 科(か)学(がく)捜査(そうさ) (kagaku sōsa)
* 科(か)学(がく)哲学(てつがく) (kagaku tetsugaku)
* 科(か)学(がく)万能(ばんのう) (kagaku bannō)
* 科(か)学(がく)批判(ひはん) (kagaku hihan)
* 科(か)学(がく)兵器(へいき) (kagaku heiki)
* 核融合(かくゆうごう)科(か)学(がく) (kakuyūgō kagaku)
* 疑似(ぎじ)科(か)学(がく) (giji kagaku)
* 記(き)述(じゅつ)的(てき)科(か)学(がく) (kijutsu-teki kagaku)
* 教育(きょういく)科(か)学(がく) (kyōiku kagaku)
* 巨大(きょだい)科(か)学(がく) (kyodai kagaku, “Big Science”)
* 近代(きんだい)科(か)学(がく) (kindai kagaku)
* 経験(けいけん)科(か)学(がく) (keiken kagaku)
* 計算機(けいさんき)科(か)学(がく) (keisanki kagaku)
* 行動(こうどう)科(か)学(がく) (kōdō kagaku)
* 材料(ざいりょう)科(か)学(がく) (zairyō kagaku)
* 実験(じっけん)科(か)学(がく) (jikken kagaku)
* 自然(しぜん)科(か)学(がく) (shizen kagaku)
* 社会(しゃかい)科(か)学(がく) (shakai kagaku)
* 首席(しゅせき)科(か)学(がく)顧問(こもん) (shuseki kagaku komon)
* 情報(じょうほう)科(か)学(がく) (jōhō kagaku)
* 人文(じんぶん)科(か)学(がく) (jinbun kagaku)
* 森林(しんりん)科(か)学(がく) (shinrin kagaku)
* スポーツ科(か)学(がく) (supōtsu kagaku)
* 性(せい)科(か)学(がく) (seikagaku)
* 政策(せいさく)科(か)学(がく) (seisaku kagaku)
* 精神(せいしん)科(か)学(がく) (seishin kagaku)
* 生体(せいたい)模倣(もほう)科(か)学(がく) (seitai mohō kagaku, “biometrics”)
* 精密(せいみつ)科(か)学(がく) (seimitsu kagaku)
* 生命(せいめい)科(か)学(がく) (seimei kagaku)
* 説(せつ)明(めい)的(てき)科(か)学(がく) (setsumei-teki kagaku)
* 全米(ぜんべい)科(か)学(がく)財団(ざいだん) (Zenbei Kagaku Zaidan)
* 大気(たいき)科(か)学(がく) (taiki kagaku)
* 地球(ちきゅう)科(か)学(がく) (chikyū kagaku)
* 統一(とういつ)科(か)学(がく) (tōitsu kagaku)
* 道徳(どうとく)科(か)学(がく) (dōtoku kagaku)
* 南極(なんきょく)研究(けんきゅう)科(か)学(がく)委(い)員会(いんかい) (Nankyoku Kenkyū Kagaku Īnkai)
* 日本(にほん)老年(ろうねん)社会(しゃかい)科(か)学会(がっかい) (Nihon Rōnen Shakai Kagakkai)
* 人間(にんげん)科(か)学(がく) (ningen kagaku)
* 認知(にんち)科(か)学(がく) (ninchi kagaku)
* 脳(のう)科(か)学(がく) (nōkagaku)
* 物質(ぶっしつ)構造(こうぞう)科(か)学(がく)研究(けんきゅう)所(しょ) (Busshitsu Kōzō Kagaku Kenkyū-sho)
* 文化(ぶんか)科(か)学(がく) (bunka kagaku)
* 分子(ぶんし)科(か)学(がく)研究(けんきゅう)所(じょ) (Bunshi Kagaku Kenkyū-jo)
* 米国(べいこく)科(か)学(がく)振興(しんこう)協会(きょうかい) (Beikoku Kagaku Shinkō Kyōkai)
* 弁護(べんご)科(か)学(がく) (bengo kagaku), 弁護(べんご)的(てき)科(か)学(がく) (bengo-teki kagaku)
* 法則(ほうそく)科(か)学(がく) (hōsoku kagaku)
* 文部(もんぶ)科(か)学(がく)省(しょう) (Monbu-kagaku-shō)
* 歴(れき)史(し)科(か)学(がく) (rekishi kagaku)
* 労働(ろうどう)科(か)学(がく) (rōdō kagaku)

#### See also

* サイエンス (saiensu)

### References

* ↑ “科学”, 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
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ “科学”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “科学”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN