Japanese symbol for “empiricism”
経験主義
けいけんしゅぎ
Romaji: keikenshugi
empiricism
In Japanese, empiricism is 経験主義, read けいけんしゅぎ (keikenshugi).
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Meanings
- n empiricism (phil)
- n judging things from personal experience
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “empiricism”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経験論 | けいけんろん keikenron | empiricism |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経済 | けいざい keizai | economy; economics |
| 経験 | けいけん keiken | experience |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 神経 | しんけい shinkei | nerve |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 経由 | けいゆ keiyu | going through; going via; going by way of |
| 体験 | たいけん taiken | (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience |
| 試験 | しけん shiken | examination; exam; test |
| 主義 | しゅぎ shugi | doctrine; rule; principle |
| 正義 | せいぎ seigi | justice; right; righteousness |
See also: Chinese symbol for “empiricism”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.