叡智

• 読み: えいち
• ローマ字: eichi
• 漢字の分解: 叡 (ei) — exalted perception, imperial | 智 (chi) — wisdom, discernment
• 発音: /e.i.tɕi/

意味

Profound wisdom; transcendent intelligence. An even deeper and more reverential term for supreme understanding.

A more literary and archaic variant of 英知, 叡智 uses the character 叡 which carries an especially elevated, almost sacred connotation — it was historically used in imperial contexts (叡慮 — the emperor's wishes). Today it appears in philosophical, religious, and literary writing to denote wisdom that transcends ordinary human intellect.

例文

1. 古代の哲学者たちは、叡智を追い求めて生涯を捧げた。
2. 宗教的な叡智と科学的な知識は、必ずしも相反するものではない。
3. 彼女の作品には、長年の経験から生まれた叡智が滲み出ている。

使い方ガイド

場面: philosophy, religion, literature, formal writing

トーン: reverent

起源と歴史

Compound of 叡 (ei) — a character used historically to denote the emperor's exalted perception — and 智 (chi), an alternative character for wisdom/intelligence with connotations of discernment. The combination suggests a superior, almost divine level of understanding.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated