原生動物

Chinese
primordial animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (原生動物) 原生 動物
simp. (原生动物) 原生 动物

Pronunciation

Noun

原生動物

  1. protozoan

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
原 生 動 物
げん
Grade: 2		 せい
Grade: 1		 どう
Grade: 3		 ぶつ
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 原生 (gensei, “primeval”) +‎ 動物 (dōbutsu, “animal”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited to 1884.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げんせ​ーどーぶつ [gèńséꜜèdòòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][5][6]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ːdo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

原(げん)生(せい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (gensei dōbutsu) 

  1. [from 1884] protozoan

References
  1. “原生動物”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “原生動物”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
原生動物

Noun

原生動物 • (wonsaengdongmul) (hangeul 원생동물)

  1. Hanja form? of 원생동물 (“protozoan”).
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