母体
See also: 母體
Chinese edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 母体 – see 母體 (“mother's body; basis; foundation; matrix; nucleus; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 母體). |
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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母 | 体 |
ぼ Grade: 2 |
たい Grade: 2 |
kan’yōon | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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母體 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Likely a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 母 (bo, “mother”) + 体 (tai, “body”).
First cited to 1910.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 1910] (biology) a mother's body
- [from 1929] a parent organization or group
- 母体行
- botaikō
- a parent bank
- 母体行
References edit
- ^ “母体”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN