Word Meaning 五経

ごきょう gokyou

五経 is read as ごきょう (gokyou) and means The Five Classics (of Confucianism).

Meaning

English

  1. The Five Classics (of Confucianism)

Reading

Kana

ごきょう

Romaji

gokyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 45188 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四書五経

ししょごきょう

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism

五感

ごかん

the five senses

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

五人組

ごにんぐみ

five-family unit

五月晴れ

さつきばれ

fine weather during the rainy season

五内

ごだい

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五本指

ごほんゆび

five-toed (socks)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

五加

ごか

fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)

五指

ごし

the five fingers

五指に入る

ごしにはいる

to be among the top five