霊長

See also: 靈長 and 灵长

Japanese
Kanji in this term
霊 長
れい
Grade: S		 ちょう
Grade: 2
kan’on
Alternative spelling
靈長 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靈長 (MC leŋ ʈɨɐŋX, literally “god, deity + master, chief”). Ultimately sourced from the 書経 (Shokyō, “Book of Documents”), one version of which is dated to the late Qin dynasty.

Pronunciation

Noun

霊(れい)長(ちょう) • (reichō) ←れいちやう (reityau)?

  1. the master of all things, the most powerful of beings, the lord of creation
    人(にん)間(げん)は万(ばん)物(ぶつ)の霊(れい)長(ちょう)である。
    Ningen wa banbutsu no reichō de aru.
    Mankind is the lord of all things.

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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