Chinese

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healthy
all; whole; entire
all; whole; entire; every; complete
 
trad. (健全)
simp. #(健全)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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健全

  1. (of a person) healthy; sound; able-bodied
    精神健全  ―  jīngshén bù jiànquán  ―  to be mentally unsound; unsoundness of mind
  2. (of knowledge, organisation, etc.) perfectly complete; comprehensive; broad

Synonyms

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  • (healthy):
  • (perfectly complete):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of perfectly complete):

Verb

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健全

  1. to make complete, perfect or comprehensive; to strengthen; to refine

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (健全):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
ぜん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First used by Gendan Sugita (杉田玄端) for the translation of Dutch gezond. Appeared in the book 健全学 (1867) which is a doubly translated version of The Book of Health (1850) by Robert James Mann from Dutch translation.

  • 『ゲゾント』とは無病健全の義 - 健全学 (1867)

Adjective

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(けん)(ぜん) (kenzen-na (adnominal (けん)(ぜん) (kenzen na), adverbial (けん)(ぜん) (kenzen ni))

  1. healthy; sound
  2. normal; orthodox
  3. all ages; free of sexual content

Inflection

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Noun

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(けん)(ぜん) (kenzen

  1. healthiness
  2. norm