健全

Chinese

healthy
 
all; whole; entire; every; complete
simp. and trad.
(健全)

Pronunciation


Adjective

健全

  1. (of a person) healthy; sound; able-bodied
  2. (of knowledge, organisation, etc.) perfectly complete; comprehensive; broad

Verb

健全

  1. to make (something) complete, perfect or comprehensive; to strengthen; to refine

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
ぜん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

First used by Gendan Sugita (杉田玄端) for the translation of Dutch gezond. Appeared in the book 健全学 (1867) which is a doubly translated version of The Book of Health (1850) by Robert James Mann from Dutch translation.

  • 『ゲゾント』とは無病健全の義 - 健全学 (1867)

Adjectival noun

健全 (-na inflection, hiragana けんぜん, rōmaji kenzen)

  1. healthy
  2. sound
  3. wholesome

Inflection

Noun

健全 (hiragana けんぜん, rōmaji kenzen)

  1. healthiness
  2. soundness
  3. wholesomeness
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