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真善美 (しんぜんび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

真しん善ぜん美び

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Meanings

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noun

the true, the good, and the beautiful

A philosophical and aesthetic concept often discussed in the context of idealism, art, and ethics. Used as a set phrase.

芸げい術じゅつは真しん善ぜん美びを追つい求きゅうするものである。
Art is something that pursues the true, the good, and the beautiful.
彼かれの人じん生せい哲てつ学がくは真しん善ぜん美びに基もとづいている。
His philosophy of life is based on the true, the good, and the beautiful.

Kanji

真true, reality, Buddhist sect
善virtuous, good, goodness
美beauty, beautiful

Etymology

A compound of 真 (しん, truth), 善 (ぜん, goodness), and 美 (び, beauty). The term is a direct translation of the Western philosophical triad, popularized in Japan during the Meiji era.