Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rangaku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ran-gaku
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Japanese study of Western knowledge.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning".

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 蘭学

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

rangaku-sha

Questions

What does rangaku mean?: The Japanese study of Western knowledge.
Where does rangaku come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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