審しん美び学がく

し

ん

び

が

く

Meanings

1

noun

aesthetics

dated term

Dated term for aesthetics; modern Japanese typically uses 美学 (びがく).

Kanji

審hearing, judge, trial
美beauty, beautiful
学study, learning, science

Related words

美び学がく
Modern standard term for aesthetics; 審美学 is a dated synonym.

Built from

ぶん

献けん

で

美び

学がく

と

同おな

じ

意い

味み

で

使つか

わ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

審美学 is sometimes used in older texts with the same meaning as 美学 (aesthetics).

審しん美び

+学がく

Etymology

Compound of 審 (しん, 'judge, examine') and 美学 (びがく, 'aesthetics'), likely a calque or older formation for 'aesthetics'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.