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early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
day; sky; heaven
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Pronunciation
Noun
先天
- nature (as opposed to nurture)
- 先天與後天／先天与后天 ― xiāntiān yǔ hòutiān ― nature and nurture
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Adjective
先天
- (of a disease or trait) congenital; inherited; innate; inborn
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Japanese
Etymology
Appeared in 致知啓蒙 (Chichi Keimō) of 1874 as a translation of Latin a posteriori.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
先天 • (senten)
- something one is born with; something one has since birth
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References
- ^ “先天”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Nishi, Amane (1874) “致知啓蒙”, in National Diet Library Digital Collections, volume 1, 瑞穂屋卯三郎
- ^ 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
Noun
先天 • (seoncheon) (hangeul 선천)
- hanja form? of 선천