Japanese symbol for “poetics”
詩学
しがく
Romaji: shigaku
study of poetry; poetics
In Japanese, poetics is 詩学, read しがく (shigaku).
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Meanings
- n study of poetry; poetics
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詩人 | しじん shijin | poet |
| 詩歌 | しいか shiika | Japanese and Chinese poetry |
| 詩集 | ししゅう shishuu | poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems |
| 叙事詩 | じょじし jojishi | epic (poem); epic poetry |
| 漢詩 | かんし kanshi | Chinese poem; Chinese poetry |
| 風物詩 | ふうぶつし fuubutsushi | feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
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.