ヒト科
Japanese
editKanji in this term |
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科 |
か Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 人 (hito, “person; human”) + 科 (ka, “family”, in taxonomic contexts).[1]
The katakana spelling of the hito portion is from the common convention in Japanese biology-related contexts to use katakana for taxonomic names.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editReferences
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN