起承転結

• 読み: きしょうてんけつ
• ローマ字: kishoutenketsu
• 漢字の分解: 起 (ki) — begin, introduce; 承 (shou) — receive, develop; 転 (ten) — turn, shift; 結 (ketsu) — conclude, tie together
• 発音: /ki.ɕoː.teɴ.ke.tsɯ/

意味

Four-part structural framework for essays and stories: introduction, development, turn, conclusion. A classical rhetorical structure originating in Chinese poetry.

A yojijukugo (four-character compound) describing the canonical structure for organising prose or poetic argument in East Asian tradition. 起 (introduce the topic), 承 (develop it), 転 (introduce an unexpected shift or contrast), 結 (conclude and tie together). It is taught in Japanese schools as a compositional framework and remains a common analytical lens for literary criticism.

例文

1. 作文の授業では、起承転結を意識した文章構成を学んだ。
2. この小説は起承転結が明快で、読者を物語に引き込む力がある。
3. 起承転結の構成に従えば、論理的でわかりやすい文章が書ける。

使い方ガイド

場面: composition, literary criticism, storytelling, education

トーン: educational

起源と歴史

Borrowed from Classical Chinese poetics (qǐ-chéng-zhuǎn-hé). Originally applied to the four-line jueju poem form, it was later generalised in Japan to describe structural principles in prose composition and storytelling.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal