ヒト科

Japanese

Kanji in this term
科
か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 人 (hito, “person; human”) +‎ 科 (ka, “family”, in taxonomic contexts).

The katakana spelling of the hito portion is from the common convention in Japanese biology-related contexts to use katakana for taxonomic names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çito̞ka̠]

Proper noun

ヒト科(か) • (Hitoka) 

1. Hominidae