原人

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Chinese

former; original; primary
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(原人) 		原 人

Pronunciation

Noun

原人

  1. primitive man
  2. honest person

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原 人
げん
Grade: 2 		じん
Grade: 1
kan'on
 原人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

The original meaning was “modest and honest person”.[1]

Repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) as a translation of English primitive man.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

原(げん)人(じん) • (genjin) ←げんじん (genzin)?

  1. primitive man

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “原人”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Inoue, Tetsujirō (1881) 哲学字彙 [Dictionary of Philosophy]‎, University of Tokyo, page 71
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
原人

Noun

原人 • (wonin) (hangeul 원인)

  1. hanja form? of 원인
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