原生動物

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

Pronunciation

Noun

原生動物

  1. protozoan

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
原 生 動 物
げん
Grade: 2		 せい
Grade: 1		 どう
Grade: 3		 ぶつ
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

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

First cited to 1884.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) げんせ​ーどーぶつ [gèńséꜜèdòòbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][5][6]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ːdo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

原(げん)生(せい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (gensei dōbutsu) 

  1. [from 1884] protozoan

References
  1. “原生動物”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “原生動物”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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