生蕃

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 生番 (“barbarian; savage; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 生番).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
ばん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Compare Hokkien 生番 (chhiⁿ-hoan / chheⁿ-hoan), Hakka 生番 (sâng-fân), Mandarin 生番 (shēngfān).

Pronunciation

Noun

(せい)(ばん) (seibanせいばん (seiban)?

  1. (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule) uncivilized aboriginal

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN