Word Meaning 陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう inyougogyou

陰陽五行 is read as いんようごぎょう (inyougogyou) and means the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology.

Meaning

English

  1. the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

Reading

Kana

いんようごぎょう

Romaji

inyougogyou

Writing Variants

  • 陰陽五行 おんようごぎょう onyougogyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo Rank 83644 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰陽師身の上知らず

おんようじみのうえしらず

people don't know themselves as well as they know others

陰陽和合

いんようわごう

the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽の理

おんみょうのり

principle of duality

陰陽家

いんようか

School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽道

おんようどう

Onmyōdō

陰陽師

いんようし

diviner

陰陽寮

うらのつかさ

Bureau of Onmyō

陰陽暦

いんようれき

lunisolar calendar

陰と陽

いんとよう

the positive and the negative

陰に陽に

いんにように

(both) openly and covertly

五奉行

ごぶぎょう

the five commissioners