栄養

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See also: 榮養

Japanese

Kanji in this term
栄 養
えい
Grade: 4 		よう
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spellings
榮養 (kyūjitai)
営養 (obsolete)
 栄養 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Coined or borrowed from Chinese 營養 (yíngyǎng, “to nourish the body”) in the end of the Edo period. Both spellings 栄養 and 営養 were used until the establishment of 栄養研究所 (“the Institute of Nutrition”) in the Home Ministry in 1920 and the publication of 『栄養』 by Japanese scientist Tadasu Saiki in 1926, and thence 栄養 has been mainly used.

Pronunciation

Noun

栄(えい)養(よう) • (eiyō) ←えいやう (eiyau)?

  1. nutrition, nourishment

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 營養 / 营养 (yíngyǎng)
  • → Korean: 영양(營養) (yeong'yang)
  • → Vietnamese: dinh dưỡng

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “栄養・営養”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ 汉语外来词词典 (in Chinese), 1984, page 393
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