Chinese

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early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad.
(先天)

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先天

  1. nature (as opposed to nurture)
    先天後天先天后天  ―  xiāntiān yǔ hòutiān  ―  nature and nurture

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先天

  1. (of a disease or trait) congenital; inherited; innate; inborn

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 1
てん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Appeared in 致知啓蒙 (Chichi Keimō) of 1874 as a translation of Latin a posteriori.[1][2][3]

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(せん)(てん) (senten

  1. something one is born with; something one has since birth

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References

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  1. ^ 先天”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Nishi, Amane (1874) “致知啓蒙”, in National Diet Library Digital Collections[2], volume 1, 瑞穂屋卯三郎
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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先天 (seoncheon) (hangeul 선천)

  1. hanja form? of 선천