Word Meaning 蘭学

らんがく rangaku

蘭学 is read as らんがく (rangaku) and means rangaku.

Meaning

English

rangaku
study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period

Reading

Kana

らんがく

Romaji

rangaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蘭学者

らんがくしゃ

scholar of Western sciences (by means of the Dutch language; during the Edo period)

室蘭工業大学

むろらんこうぎょうだいがく

Muroran Institute of Technology

千里金蘭大学

せんりきんらんだいがく

Senri Kinran University

学蘭

がくらん

school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers

蘭

らん

orchid

蘭領印度

らんりょういんど

Dutch East Indies

蘭方医

らんぽうい

doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)

哲学

てつがく

philosophy

独学

どくがく

self-education

大衆文学

たいしゅうぶんがく

popular literature

倫理学

りんりがく

ethics

解剖学

かいぼうがく

anatomy

Example Sentences

蘭学は江戸時代に広まった。

らんがくはえどじだいにひろまった。

Rangaku spread during the Edo period.