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考古学
こうこがく
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archeology
Kōkogaku is 考古 (kōko, “archaeology”) plus 学 (-gaku, “study”).
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What Wiktionary says
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- “考古(こうこ) (kōko, “archaeology”) + 学(がく) (-gaku, “study”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 考古学 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.