Chinese

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primordial animal; creature; moving thing
trad. (原生動物) 原生 動物
simp. (原生动物) 原生 动物

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原生動物

  1. protozoan

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 3
ぶつ
Grade: 3
kan'on kan'yōon kan'on
 
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Etymology

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Compound of 原生 (gensei, primeval) +‎ 動物 (dōbutsu, animal).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited to 1884.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げん)(せい)(どう)(ぶつ) (gensei dōbutsu

  1. [from 1884] protozoan

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 原生動物”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 原生動物”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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原生動物 (wonsaengdongmul) (hangeul 원생동물)

  1. hanja form? of 원생동물 (protozoan)