哲てつ学がく博はく士し

also: てつがくはかせ

Meanings

Doctor of Philosophy; PhD

Refers to the academic degree, not the person holding it. The reading てつがくはくし is standard; てつがくはかせ is an older or less common variant.

彼かれは東とう京きょう大だい学がくで哲てつ学がく博はく士しの学がく位いを取しゅ得とくした。
He earned a PhD from the University of Tokyo.
哲てつ学がく博はく士しの論ろん文ぶんを提てい出しゅつする締しめ切きりは来らい月げつです。
The deadline to submit the PhD dissertation is next month.

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Kanji

哲philosophy, clear
学study, learning, science
博Dr., command, esteem
士gentleman, scholar, samurai

Related words

博はく士し
博士 is the general term for a doctorate or doctor (person), while 哲学博士 specifically means Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
博はく士し号ごう
博士号 refers to the doctoral degree itself, similar to 哲学博士, but 哲学博士 is the formal name of the degree.

Built from

哲てつ学がく+博はく士し

Written forms

哲学博士
- てつがくはくし
  Standard kanji spelling for the academic degree.
- てつがくはかせ
  Alternate reading using はかせ for 博士; less common in modern usage.
てつがくはかせ

Etymology

Compound of 哲学 (tetsugaku, 'philosophy') and 博士 (hakushi, 'doctorate'). The reading はかせ for 博士 is an older form, now largely replaced by はくし in modern Japanese.